{"results":[{"title":"Does the flu vaccine give you flu? 5 questions about the vaccine answered","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-flu_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/does-the-flu-vaccine-give-you-flu","publisheddate":"2026-05-20","summary":"
Winter is coming, and with the cold weather comes respiratory viral infections, including influenza. Here are five common questions you might have about the flu and the flu vaccine, and our answers.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"As definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with greatest needs?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/view-of-autism-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/as-definition-of-autism-expands-are-we-losing-sight-of-those-with-greatest-needs","publisheddate":"2026-05-14","summary":"
Today, autism is diagnosed along a spectrum of a wide range of abilities, from people who may require 24-hour care to those able to live independently.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by NDIS. What happens next isn't clear","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/autism-ndis-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/autism-diagnoses-are-up-largely-fuelled-by-ndis-what-happens-next-isnt-clear","publisheddate":"2026-04-15","summary":"
Research has found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the NDIS has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Autism expert set to transform child care in WA","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/autism-expert-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/autism-expert-set-to-transform-child-care-in-wa","publisheddate":"2026-03-27","summary":"
A world-class health researcher has relocated to Perth to transform how autism is researched and clinically supported, thanks to a $3.4 million Fellowship. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"World away in Derby","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-derby-placement-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/world-away-in-derby","publisheddate":"2026-03-26","summary":"
Penultimate medical students Liv Williams and Luke Panuccio swapped Warren Blackwood hospitals for Derby Hospital recently and have reaped the rewards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Emergency Medicine"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Surgery"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"First Nations healers on screen","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-our-medicine-944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/first-nations-healers-on-screen","publisheddate":"2026-03-20","summary":"
The second season of Our Medicine has premiered on NITV/SBS and follows The Rural Clinical School of WA medical student Keisha Calyun on placement in the Kimberley.
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A nasal flu vaccine called FluMist will be available for the first time for children aged 2–17 years.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Trailblazing professor and brilliant protégé awarded honorary doctorates","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/hon-docs-fiona-annie-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/trailblazing-professor-and-brilliant-protege-awarded-honorary-doctorates","publisheddate":"2025-12-18","summary":"
It was a case of deep mutual admiration when WA’s most esteemed child health champion and one of her high-flying students received honorary doctorates alongside one another at The University of Western Australia last night.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Alumni"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"New leaders to shape future of longest-running pregnancy cohort study","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/raine-leaders-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/new-leaders-to-shape-future-of-longest-running-pregnancy-cohort-study","publisheddate":"2025-12-11","summary":"
The Raine Study Board has announced the appointment of two distinguished leaders who will guide the next phase of the world’s longest-running pregnancy longitudinal cohort study.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Fellowships to improve health outcomes for priority populations","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/lianne-gilchrist-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/fellowships-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-priority-populations","publisheddate":"2025-11-10","summary":"
Healthcare fellowships awarded to researchers at The University of Western Australia will support new fathers living in regional communities and improve health outcomes for older First Nations people.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Our People"}]}]}