{"id":592663,"date":"2026-04-19T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592663\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:02:13","slug":"pd-breaking-news-aust-govt-announces-free-rsv-vaccines-for-older-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592663\/","title":{"rendered":"PD breaking news &#8211; Aust Govt announces free RSV vaccines for older people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                      <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"746\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wpimg190426_b819-746x406.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>                      PD breaking news \u2013 Aust Govt announces free RSV vaccines for older people<\/p>\n<p>                    April 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Government has announced the expansion of free respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccinations under the National Immunisation Program (NIP).<\/p>\n<p>Taking effect from 15 May, the $445.3 million investment will provide Australians aged 75 and older, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60 years and older, with the Arexvy RSV vaccine at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>Without listing on the NIP, the RSV vaccination would typically cost $300.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible people can access the vaccine through participating pharmacies, GPs, and community and Aboriginal health services.<\/p>\n<p>More details in tomorrow\u2019s issue of Pharmacy Daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PD breaking news \u2013 Aust Govt announces free RSV vaccines for older people April 19, 2026 The Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-592663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}