Immune Health

HMRI welcomes new Federal Budget commitments to medical research funding, saying the investment is good news for people in regional and rural areas.
A systematic review of global evidence shows organised sport, especially team sport, is a powerful driver of mental health and social development in young people.
What does research with community look like? Breathe for Bub is co-designing culturally safe asthma care with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers.
Funding extensions secured for two innovative programs improving access to safe, integrated care for women and children affected by domestic violence in our region.
Regular self-collected nasal swabs could help track respiratory viruses in the community, even in people who feel perfectly well, new HMRI research shows.
New analysis finds Australia's medical research institutes generate $4.07B in annual economic benefit, returning $3.90 for every $1 invested.
When a visionary study of Australian women’s health was launched in the 1990s, high-quality data was scarce and crippling conditions such as endometriosis under-recognised.
Honey is praised for everything from soothing sore throats to healing wounds. But how much of it actually stacks up to science?
Young Australians are rarely consulted on the curriculum designed to protect them. New HMRI research shows the cost of that gap.
Chocolate and brain chemistry, explained. HMRI's Professor Karen Charlton on the compounds in cacao that influence how you think, feel and reach for another square.

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