Locals in an Australian state hit by a thunderstorm asthma outbreak last year have been warned of a "moderate" health risk this week. Nine people died in Melbourne last November after rain and ...

New details have emerged about the increased risk of critical asthma symptoms for some groups of Asian migrants and descendants in Australia during thunderstorms. People of East or South Asian ...

and a thunderstorm, the grains of rye grass absorb water with the humidity and they break up into thousands of pieces," Robin Ould, chief executive of the Asthma Foundation of Australia ...

Thunderstorm asthma that was officially discovered in 2016 in Victoria has been wreaking havoc on people’s ability to breathe and is a serious concern in many parts of Australia. Melbourne-based ...