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Hospital admissions for youngest babies have been almost halved through new RSV immunisation program

May 14, 2026

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Around 12,000 Australian babies contract life-threatening RSV before they turn one, with one in fifty hospitalised. Thanks to a nation-wide vaccination program, this horrific statistic has been almost halved.

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