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Reducing the rate of infections in children with cancer is the focus of University of Queensland paediatric cancer research funded by the Cancer Council Queensland.

University of Queensland researchers have called on governments to quicken the pace towards a smoke-free Australia by increasing their attention on reducing the availability of cigarettes.

A new Australian collaborative Autism CRC study, led by Mater Research and The University of Queensland, has challenged the growing popular belief that the gut microbiome drives autism.

After COVID emerged, it didn’t take long for clinicians and scientists to notice the SARS-CoV-2 virus affects children and adults very differently.

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, has launched the world’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide intervention training program.

​​​​​​​University of Queensland researchers will lead the creation of a national blueprint for screening melanoma - one of Australia’s most common and deadly cancers.

People with muscle mutations generate more heat than others in resting muscles putting them at greater risk of serious health events, according to University of Queensland researchers.

A calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination has been launched by the Immunisation Coalition in collaboration with Australian researchers.

A pathway helping the breast cancer protein BRCA1 repair damaged DNA has been identified by University of Queensland researchers in a study that will inform future targeted therapies.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced that from November 1, quarantine will no longer be required for international arrivals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Cell fitness has been identified as a way of predicting health outcomes in COVID patients, according to a University of Queensland study.

Screening Australian women for gestational diabetes would lead to long-term cost efficiencies, as well as improved health outcomes, according to a study by The University of Queensland and Mater Research.

People with higher genetic risk of clinical depression are more likely to have physical symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue and migraine, University of Queensland researchers have found. 

More than 2,100 babies are stillborn in Australia every year – a statistic that hasn’t changed in nearly 30 years.

A pesticide, commonly available in Australia, has been linked to a growing incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a University of Queensland study.

University of Queensland researchers are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to enable healthcare providers to improve hospital care and patient experiences using real-time data.

A longitudinal study of Queensland families has found women on lower incomes are more likely to suffer with pre and post-natal depression.

Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders have increased by more than 25 per cent worldwide, according to a world-first study of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

International guidelines on management of the world’s leading cause of mortality, Sepsis, have been revised to include new recommendations from the UQ Centre for Clinical Research.

Women with undiagnosed endometriosis will have difficulty falling pregnant without IVF, according to a University of Queensland study.