Asthma Kills 484 Australians in 2025

Asthma remains a significant health concern, with Australia reporting 484 deaths in 2025, a toll similar to the previous year; women and people over 75 accounted for a disproportionate share, prompting calls for coordinated care involving GPs, pharmacists, nurses and asthma educators. In western Massachusetts, a $300,000 grant will support three years of respiratory-health work in Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke, including home interventions, air-quality monitoring, public education and policy advocacy aimed at local health inequities. A U.S. study using satellite pollution estimates found possible links between some pollutants and adult asthma prevalence, but associations weakened in sensitivity analyses or after accounting for regional differences, underscoring the complexity of assessing pollution’s role.