“The perceived persecution of the Afrikaners, who controlled South Africa’s major institutions until the end of apartheid, circulated as a white supremacist meme for decades,” Slate’s Moll ...

From symptoms and causes to times it can worsen, here’s all that you need to know about allergic asthma. Asthma is a chronic respiratory illness that can get triggered by dust, pollens and other ...

A major study of around 260,000 women shows that taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks in some women. The research, published in ERJ Open Research ...

World Asthma Day 2025: Wheezing, coughing, tired? You could be missing the silent asthma diagnosis. Doctor reveals signs to watch out for and management tips. Is it just ageing or undiagnosed asthma?

Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer"). This kind of "rescue inhaler" brings quick relief ...

Stephen Hughes receives research grant funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Medical Research Future Fund, The Australian Research Council and Asthma Australia.

“There were 25,500 hospitalizations where the principal diagnosis was asthma in 2020-21, costing an estimated AU$851.7 million (US$549 million) in healthcare expenditure.

World Asthma Day, observed annually on the second Tuesday of May, aims to raise awareness about this chronic respiratory condition. Asthma, characterized by airway inflammation and narrowing ...

A recent European study involving over 349,000 participants reveals a strong link between urban environments and asthma development. High air pollution, limited green spaces, and concrete ...

May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma ...