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December 2020

  • BRITAIN-POLLUTION-INQUEST<br>A photograph taken in London on November 30, 2020 shows a mobile phone displaying a photograph of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah who died died in February 2013 from a severe asthma attack. - A coroner’s inquest starts in London on Monday to determine whether air pollution played a role in the death of a nine-year-old girl who lived near a busy road. The hearing, which is due to last 10 days, could set a new legal precedent if it is found poor air quality contributed to the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. (Photo by Hollie Adams / AFP) (Photo by HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

    Cumulative pollution from London traffic may have led to girl's death

    Ella Kissi-Debrah’s fatal asthma attack coincided with a high air pollution episode
  • Ella Kissi-Debrah’s mother, Rosamund, holds her mobile phone showing a photo of her daughter, who died in February 2013 from a severe asthma attack.

    Asthma inquest told: no link between girl's hospital admissions and higher pollution

    Doctor says no evidence to support theory Ella Kissi-Debrah’s condition worsened when air pollution rose
  • Ella Kissi-Debrah

    Mother of girl who died after asthma attack ‘knew nothing’ about pollution risk

    Rosamund Kissi-Debrah ‘would have moved house’ if aware of pollution threat to her daughter

November 2020

  • A mobile phone displaying a picture of Ella Kissi-Debrah

    Air pollution where girl died in London 'should have been treated as emergency'

  • Ella Kissi-Debrah inquest<br>Undated family handout file photo of Ella Kissi-Debrah. A fresh inquest into the death of the nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack will examine the role of the government as it looks at whether air pollution “caused or contributed” to her death. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday December 17, 2019. See PA story INQUEST Pollution. Photo credit should read: Family Handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Landmark inquest to rule if air pollution killed London pupil

  • Person jogging in thick smoke obscuring the Sydney Harbour

    Australia's bushfire season saw spikes in emergency respiratory visits and inhaler sales, report finds

  • Victoria’s health department says Melburnians and those in the state’s west should carry inhalers or stay inside due to the asthma storms.

    Thunderstorm asthma warning as Victorians urged to stay indoors

October 2020

  • A cold front brings heavy rain over Lake George near Canberra

    Storm cuts power in Queensland as thunderstorm asthma alerts issued for southern NSW and Canberra

  • Men changing their bedsheets together.

    How to clean your bed: 'If you didn’t wash it for a year it would be a kilo heavier from dead skin'

September 2020

  • Prof John Edmunds is an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine.

    Regular UK lockdowns could help control Covid, says Sage expert

    Strategy of repeated ‘circuit breakers’ would reduce total number of cases, according to leading scientific adviser

August 2020

  • Paul Feeley on a bus near to his home in Prestwich .

    Mask rage: ‘One man told me I shouldn't be allowed out if I can't wear one’

    With face coverings compulsory in many settings, people unable to comply for health reasons are being challenged and abused

June 2020

  • VARIOUS<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Downing/REX/Shutterstock (416585h) Dr William Frankland VARIOUS

    Letters: William Frankland obituary

  • A woman walks across an empty Deansgate in central Manchester in late April.

    Cleaner air during UK lockdown relieves asthma for millions

May 2020

  • Street trees in Berkeley, California

    How urban planners' preference for male trees has made your hay fever worse

    Horticulturist urges better gender mix of city trees to mitigate rising asthma and CO2 pollution levels

April 2020

  • Asthma inhaler

    Science Weekly
    Covid-19: how vulnerable are people with asthma? – podcast

    Nicola Davis speaks with Dr Andy Whittamore about the effect of Covid-19 infection on the millions being treated for asthma in the UK

February 2020

  • Silhouette of person using inhaler for asthma

    Health groups step up UK coronavirus plans to reassure vulnerable

  • Children at Manorfield primary in London at the launch of a Breathe GB study.

    Air pollution has major impact on children in sport, study warns

January 2020

  • A bushfire

    Doctors warn people may die as public health impact from Australian fire pollution bites

    Doctors say there will be unpredictable and lasting consequences, especially for children, the elderly and asthmatics

December 2019

  • Ella Kissi-Debrah

    Inquest to determine if London air pollution caused child's death

  • First Dog on the Moon

    Living through endless weeks of dirty air – it does your head in and your lungs

    First Dog on the Moon
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