Thunderstorm Asthma

Sciences & Technology

Melbourne’s pollen riddle

While most of us are familiar with grass pollen and how it triggers hay fever and asthma, researchers find ‘other’ pollen can actually be more abundant in the air

Sciences & Technology

Severity of Melbourne’s grass pollen season hanging on rain

In good news 2021 is shaping as an average pollen season but late spring rain may yet cause a heavier-than-average allergy burden

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