New guidelines that seek to change how asthma is treated in Australia have been unveiled by Health Minister Mark Butler and the National Asthma Council of Australia (NAC).

Springtime in Australia brings warmth, blossoms, and longer days—but also the peak of pollen season. For millions of ...

The National Asthma Council’s advice for treating the condition has been updated, advising doctors against solely prescribing blue puffers to patients.

Australia has overhauled the way asthma is treated, with doctors advised to stop prescribing blue “reliever” puffers alone amid evidence they leave patients at greater risk of severe attacks.

The 2018 Lancet Commission,1 After asthma: redefining airways diseases, made clear recommendations to improve outcomes for ...

A change in weather and a storm have led to at least eight deaths in Melbourne, Australia, due to what is called thunderstorm asthma. The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services said last ...

As reliever monotherapy for mild asthma, the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-formoterol combination reduced asthma attacks in children compared with a short-acting β₂-agonist (SABA), the CARE trial ...

Health authorities have told the opening public hearing of a Senate inquiry into South Australia's algal bloom they have escalated their health advice and are now recommending people with asthma carry ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Eight people have died and one person remains on life support more than a week after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia’s second-largest city. A ...

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other Australians.