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Community rallies to embrace youth mental healthAustralia’s first comprehensive research centre focused on mental health from birth to 25 years has been launched today in Perth.

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Nicola Forrest Awarded Order of AustraliaPhilanthropist and early childhood advocate Nicola Forrest has been recognised for her tirelesss commitment to the sector through being awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia.

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Important things you should know about this year’s flu seasonNews headlines about the large number of life-threatening cases of the flu in Western Australia this winter have been hard to miss - find out what you can do to protect your family.

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Indigenous researcher awarded prestigious Forrest FellowshipOutstanding Aboriginal researcher Jessica Buck has received a prestigious Forrest Foundation Research Fellowship to investigate innovative new therapies for children with brain cancer.

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Report showing poor outcomes for young people who’ve been in out-of-home care underscores need for more supportA The Kids report which found young people leaving foster care are in desperate need of more help transitioning to adulthood has lent strength to a national push to extend formal support to the age of 21.
Meet the speakers Prof. Bob Hancock Title: Canada Research Chair in Health and Genomics; Director, Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity

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The impact on pregnant womenProfessor Silva says pregnant women are also more vulnerable to the heat.

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The dangers of melanomaHead of Cancer Immunotherapy Research at the The Kids Cancer Centre, Dr Jason Waithman, says Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.

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National grants to support child health researchThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been awarded nearly $8.5 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council.

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Wet cough prevalence among Aboriginal children ‘concerningly high’The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital clinician-researchers have found more than one in ten children across four remote Kimberley communities have protracted bacterial bronchitis.