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- Kindy kids are ready for more. Get their booster before age four!
  
  When your child was a baby, they may have been immunised to protect against certain preventable diseases. Now that they’re going off to kindy it’s time to boost their protection against diseases like whooping cough.
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Health topics - Letter R

Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Radiotherapy for young people
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Roseola (Exanthem Subitum, Sixth Disease) - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Ross River Virus - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Rotavirus infection - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Rubella (German Measles) - symptoms, treatment and prevention
Rudderfish / Escolar diarrhoea

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