Reports and Findings

The prevalence of intellectual disability has risen in WA over the last 10 years with most of this increase due to mild or moderate intellectual disability

Smokers with greater access to tobacco outlets were more likely to be diagnosed with or admitted to hospital for heart disease

Aboriginal children living in remote Western Australia have poor visual-motor integration skills regardless of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD

Bronchiolitis hospitalisations are a reasonable proxy for the timing of RSV detections, but may not fully capture the magnitude of RSV epidemics

Key messages from the abstracts presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress

A better understanding of nutritional programming of immune health may lead to dietary strategies that reduce the burden of many inflammatory diseases

Teachers and school executive teams are often required to address health and wellbeing issues affecting students' learning

Preterm breast milk contains significantly higher concentrations of some immune proteins than term breast milk

B-cell dysfunction persists in patients with HIV receiving long-term antiretroviral therapy. the causes and consequences of this require further investigation.

There was no overall association between delayed DTaP and food allergy; however, children with delayed DTaP had less eczema and less use of eczema medication