Seasonal flu vaccine: 2015 seasonal influenza vaccines for use in children
From the age of 6 months
For the 2015 influenza season, the following trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccines will be registered and available for use in children from the age of 6 months:
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Impact of obesity on fertility can be reversed
In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the University of Adelaide have revealed how damage from obesity is passed from a mother to her children, and also how that damage can be reversed.
The findings, by...
Half of childcare centres fail cot mattress safety test
Public health researchers at the University of Adelaide are hoping to raise awareness among childcare centres of the potentially deadly consequences of using cot mattresses that are too soft.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has...
Stress cost of a new baby = $85,000
Research from the University of Melbourne has put a dollar figure of $85,000 on the time pressure and stress experienced by mothers in the first year of a baby’s life.
This research, undertaken by the...
New Sleep Durations Recommended
The US National Sleep Foundation (NSF), along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, issued its new recommendations for appropriate sleep durations. The report recommends wider appropriate sleep ranges for most age groups. The results are...
Managing mum’s blood pressure doesn’t harm her unborn child
Health researchers have been surprised by the results of a major international study which shows that tightly controlling blood pressure in pregnant women has no harmful effects for their babies.
The international study shows that,...
Managing mum's blood pressure doesn't harm her unborn child
Health researchers have been surprised by the results of a major international study which shows that tightly controlling blood pressure in pregnant women has no harmful effects for their babies.
The international study shows that,...
Babies’ brains could unravel the mystery of stuttering
University of Sydney researchers are launching a world-first study to see if it's possible to detect whether a baby will go on to stutter in later life - well before they start to talk.
Researchers...
Babies' brains could unravel the mystery of stuttering
University of Sydney researchers are launching a world-first study to see if it's possible to detect whether a baby will go on to stutter in later life - well before they start to talk.
Researchers...
Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
Stress during pregnancy is often linked to physical and psychological problems in the child. But why is this? Could the infant’s gut microbiota be an underlying mechanism? An initial study of the correlation in...
