Tuesday,
22 July 2025
Local childhood asthma cluster putting a strain on health resources: study

A STUDY has shown childhood asthma across the Indigo Shire and parts of the North East was almost twice as more prevalent than the national average

The University of New South Wales study identified the Hume region and surrounding areas as a childhood asthma cluster which was placing increased demand on local healthcare systems and increased costs for local families.

An asthma cluster is a group of...

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