Respiratory disease

RSV vaccination is now free for people aged 75 and older, but more awareness of the vaccine is needed to increase uptake.

The National Asthma Council Australia has published a series of short topic updates prepared with panels of asthma experts, to help primary care clinicians follow national guidelines in the Australian Asthma Handbook.

Many older Australians have encountered significant difficulties accessing respiratory support devices under the new Support at Home program.

The harmful effects of woodfire heater smoke are coming under increased scrutiny, with Asthma Australia calling for a national approach from governments to reduce the health impacts.

As climate change drives increased aeroallergen prevalence and more extreme weather, incidence of thunderstorm asthma could become more frequent and unpredictable.

Constance H Katelaris

Randomised controlled study shows that deployment of germicidal ultraviolet technology results in a significant reduction in the cumulative incidence in respiratory viral infections.

Andrew Shoubridge, Geraint Rogers

The latest edition of the Australian Asthma Handbook offers pathways to improvement for asthma control, urging clinicians and their patients to move beyond over-reliance on SABA inhalers in favour of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-containing preventer inhalers.

Brett Montgomery, Debbie Rigby

Successful trials of new medications offer hope for people with pulmonary fibrosis.

Sheetal Deshpande, Ian Glaspole