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Victoria: RSV program for older Victorians

On 14 July 2025 it was announced that Victoria will deliver a vaccination program to protect older adults from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The RSV vaccine Arexvy will be free for residents aged over 60 years in public and Aboriginal community-controlled aged care services.

RSV is a virus that causes upper and lower respiratory tract infections. Children under 1 year of age, those with underlying medical conditions, the older population and immunocompromised prople are more likely to experience serious disease causing hospitalisation.

RSV vaccines are currently recommended but not widely funded for all adults over 75 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged 60 to 74 years, and adults with specified medical conditions aged 60 to 74 years (Arexvy or Abrysvo).

RSV vaccination is recommended and funded for pregnant people from 28 weeks’ gestation (Abrysvo only).

Read more about the new program 这里

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Mirage News: Australia declared free from bird flu in poultry

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has declared the eradication of H7 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Victoria. There have been no new cases on H7 HPAI since 24 February 2025. 

Avian influenza (bird flu) viruses are classified as low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) or HPAI. HPAIs generally cause severe disease and higher mortality than LPAIs.

Mirage News: Australia free from bird flu in poultry

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CHOP: 9,000 reasons for routine childhood hepatitis B vaccination

这 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) recently published an article outlining the importance of hepatitis B vaccination. Key points include: 

• hepatitis B virus and its proteins can be transmitted in amounts of blood not detectable to the naked eye and the virus can live for up to 7 days on surfaces and objects; this means it can be transmitted in unexpected ways 
• babies infected early in life – whether through undiagnosed hepatitis B in their mother or unwitting exposure to infected blood – often develop chronic, undiagnosed hepatitis B which they then continue to spread 
• hepatitis B vaccines are safe and they work. 

Read the full article here

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National Immunisation Strategy for Australia 2025–2030

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing recently published Australia’s latest 5-year national immunisation strategy, to increase and sustain immunisation uptake in Australia.

The strategy defines 6 priority areas:

• improve access to immunisation, with a focus on equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other priority populations
• build trust, understanding and acceptance of immunisation in communities
• use data more effectively to target immunisation strategies and monitor performance
• strengthen the immunisation workforce
• harness new technologies to respond to the evolving communicable disease and vaccine landscape
• implement sustainable reform in vaccine program governance, program delivery and accountability.

Read the strategy in full on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website.

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