The major funder of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases based at the Telethon Kids Institute has been recognised as Australia’s most generous giver. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• July

As many as a quarter of Australian babies aren’t getting vaccinated on time, leaving them at risk of developing life-threatening illnesses such as whooping cough when they are most vulnerable. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2018
• June

A new study has confirmed the changing pattern of meningococcal disease in Western Australia. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• November

A new study shows that people living in the Oceania region, including Australia, have the highest risk in the world of dying from rheumatic heart disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2017
• August

Toddlers will now get an additional whooping cough vaccine to protect them against the potentially deadly disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2016
• March