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Keeping one step ahead of pollen triggers for thunderstorm asthma

  • Written by Ed Newbigin, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Melbourne
imageAfter the storm ... Researchers are working together to predict future outbreaks of thunderstorm asthma.from www.shutterstock.com

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.

Thunderstorm asthma, a sudden surge in cases of acute respiratory...

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