A world-leading international trial examining the immune boosting benefits of the tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, has found it does not protect healthcare workers against COVID-19. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2023
• April

Western Australia’s Omicron outbreak is far from over, with new modelling showing the number of total infections is only at its half-way point. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• May

Australia’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine study will be spear-headed in WA by Telethon Kids Institute thanks to almost $6 million in Coronavirus Research Response funding announced by Health Minister Greg Hunt. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• September

Here’s what we know so far about the impact of COVID-19 on children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Research Topics

COVID-19 is a new multi-organ disease causing considerable worldwide morbidity and mortality. While many recognized pathophysiological mechanisms are involved, their exact causal relationships remain opaque. Better understanding is needed for predicting their progression, targeting therapeutic approaches, and improving patient outcomes. While many mathematical causal models describe COVID-19 epidemiology, none have described its pathophysiology. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

We investigated the effects of cause of death and the presence of prolonged grief disorder on eliciting public stigma toward the bereaved. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

COVID-19 is mainly considered an “adult pandemic,” but it also has strong implications for children and consequently for pediatric anesthesia. Despite the lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection being directly correlated with age, children have equally experienced the negative impacts of this pandemic. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

The rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 is prompting governments and the private sector to adopt mandates. However, there has been little conceptual analysis of the types of mandates available, nor empirical analysis of how the public thinks about different mandates and why. Our conceptual study examines available instruments, how they have been implemented pre-COVID, and their use for COVID-19 globally. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

COVID-19-associated non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have disrupted respiratory viral transmission. We quantified the changes in paediatric hospital admissions in 2020 from five different NPI phases in Western Australia for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in children in the context of all-cause admissions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

This study aimed to assess olfactory dysfunction in patients at six months after confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 infection. Coronavirus disease 2019 positive patients were assessed six months following diagnosis. Patient data were recoded as part of the adapted International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium Protocol. Olfactory dysfunction was assessed using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• September 2021