Emergency services declare 'major disaster' after mass 'thunderstorm asthma' event

Hospitals across Victoria have been left reeling after an unprecedented number of people suddenly fell acutely sick on Monday evening, in what is believed to be a mass incident of "thunderstorm asthma".
Ambulance Victoria was flooded with calls after a storm hit Melbourne shortly before 6pm, prompting a "major disaster response" from emergency services.
The demand was so great that Ambulance Victoria ran out of ambulances and had to call in police officers, non-emergency patient vehicles and field doctors trained for disasters to help with transporting acute patients to hospital.....

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Are Children Growing Up Near Highways More Likely to Be Asthmatic?

Researchers from Pittsburgh and Puerto Rico collaborated recently on a study of Puerto Rican children that sought to determine how traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) may or may not impact the development of childhood asthma based on residential proximity to major roadways.
Recruitment occurred between March of 2009 and June of 2010. The study examined blood samples and parental questionnaires for a final total of 577 children, all aged 6 to 14 years old and having four grandparents of Puerto Rican descent.....

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Do You Need To Know The Importance Of An Asthma Drug?

People who are suffering from asthma are relying not only from alternative asthma treatment therapy, but also on approved drugs by the Food & Drug Administration of USA (FDA).
Asthma drugs are used in the U.S. by approximately 10% of the population who suffer with this illness. Internationally, as well in the industrialized countries, an approximate 10% are registered to suffer and use an asthma drug.....

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