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Researchers from a range of disciplines need to work together if we are to predict and prepare for the next thunderstorm asthma event.
Irrespective of whether climate change contributed to the thunderstorm in Melbourne last week, we can be sure Australia’s climate projections herald new risks to health that cannot be ignored.
Melbourne’s recent thunderstorm asthma event caught services by surprise. So, is it time for a national health protection agency to coordinate our public health response?
The recent severe thunderstorm in Melbourne caused hospitals across the city to be put on emergency alert as thousands of people called ambulance services, reporting severe breathing difficulties.
Three million Australian adults – 15% of the population – struggle through spring and summer with watery eyes, running nose, itchy throat and the hallmark hay fever symptom, sneezing. When people with…
Ah, spring, the sun shines again, the birds sing and - ach-hoo! Airborne grass pollens trigger bouts of hay fever and episodes of asthma in people with pollen allergies. But there is a way we could mitigate…
If you suffer from itchy eyes, a runny nose, headaches and excessive sneezing this time of year, you’re certainly not alone. Hay fever or allergic rhinitis is an allergic reaction to pollen and affects…
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Botany, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney
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Advanced trainee in respiratory medicine, Austin Health
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Professor of Immunology and Allergy, UWAS & Head of Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District
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Professor, Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Environmental Health Scientist, Macquarie University
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Head of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Alfred Health, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research program leader for Weather and Environmental Prediction, Bureau of Meteorology R&D Branch, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Associate Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor, Monash University
