Melbourne lays claim to the unwanted title of being the epicenter of epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETSA) worldwide, having experienced seven of the 26 recorded events.
Nov 3, 2023
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Victorians have been warned to prepare for the possibility of thunderstorm asthma again this season.
Oct 30, 2023
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The UK is in the grip of a particularly bad period for hay fever, with people across the nation experiencing a relentless onslaught of sneezing, itchy eyes and nasal congestion. Visits to the NHS hay fever advice page have ...
Jun 15, 2023
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It's an old line: "Everyone complains about the weather but no one is doing anything about it."
Jun 28, 2022
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Researchers at Swinburne have created a device that lets users assess and track their own respiratory condition. The device is currently in clinical trials in hospitals in Melbourne, Sydney and the UK.
Jan 28, 2020
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Late in the afternoon of a hot spring day, November 21, 2016, a thunderstorm from the northwest swept over Geelong and Melbourne, triggering the world's most devastating thunderstorm asthma epidemic.
Nov 6, 2017
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An international research team has revealed for the first time that testosterone protects males against developing asthma, helping to explain why females are two times more likely to develop asthma than males after puberty.
May 8, 2017
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As allergy sufferers can attest, thunderstorm activity can exacerbate asthma and respiratory ailments.
Apr 19, 2017
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The recent Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event has led some people to question what made this hay fever season so bad and how this tragic event occurred.
Dec 9, 2016
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More than a week after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city the death toll has risen to eight with one other person on life support, officials said on Tuesday.
Nov 29, 2016
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