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Health
by Grace Burmas

Vaccine campaigner Catherine Hughes honoured for Light For Riley work after newborn tragedy

Catherine Hughes started the Immunisation Foundation of Australia after her son Riley died of whooping cough. (ABC News)

After suffering the loss of her four-week-old child to a vaccine-preventable disease, Catherine Hughes dedicated her life to making sure other families wouldn't feel her pain.

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