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A fever is when a person's body temperature is over 38.0°C. Normal temperature is between 36.5°C and 38.0°C. Fever can cause sweating, shivering, muscle aches and a headache. Fever is a common symptom for children, and is usually caused by an infection.Fever can be concerning for parents. However, it is usually more important to determine what is causing the fever rather than the temperature itself. Most fevers are not a sign of a serious disease.
Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.
The NHMRC score descriptor working group (the working group) is providing advice to NHMRC on improving the score descriptors and the research impact criteria for the Investigator and Synergy Grant schemes, for implementation from the 2025 and 2026 Investigator Grant funding rounds.
Over the past century and throughout the world, viral hepatitis emerged as a significant public health issue afflicting hundreds of millions of people and causing severe ill health, liver damage, cancer and death.1
Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide1 and a major mental health issue in Australia. NHMRC-funded mental health researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) developed MoodGYM, an interactive, automated, online program designed to prevent or reduce symptoms of depression. This evidence-based, self-help program has helped over one million people worldwide manage their mental health.
Over the past century, biomedical research has revealed that proteins are of central importance to disease and healthy human functioning. This case study, which was developed in partnership with St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (SVI), describes how NHMRC-funded researchers at SVI revolutionised the sequencing of proteins.
Chronic cough is a common problem in children that impairs quality of life, with a burden often unappreciated by health professionals. Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (PBB) is the most common cause of chronic cough in children. Untreated, it leads to poor future lung health outcomes such as bronchiectasis.
Snakebite causes suffering, disability and premature death around the world. Globally, almost 7,400 people are bitten by snakes every day, leading to about 2.7 million cases of envenoming (venom poisoning) and 81,000–138,000 deaths each year.
CEO Communique – February 2022
Frontline care for people experiencing mental health conditions is usually provided by general practitioners (GPs). These conditions – whose total cost to society has been estimated at $10.9 billion per year1 – impact on a person’s physical, social and financial wellbeing, work productivity and more, and when work-related they are particularly complex and challenging to manage.
Tropical medicine and healthcare services are a key pillar enabling more Australians to live and work in northern Australia, and thereby expand the north’s economic contribution to Australia.
Immunologist Dr Jason Waithman leads the Cancer Immunotherapy Group at the Telethon Kids Institute in Western Australia.
Professor Jamie Cooper AO is Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and Senior Specialist in Intensive Care at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.