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Andrew Brown

Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus

RSV causes more than 12,000 babies to be admitted to hospital every year. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

Pregnant women will have free access to a vaccine to protect their newborns from the leading cause of hospitalisation for babies.

Free vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, will be rolled out from February 3 as part of a $174 million federal government program.

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