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Tick-borne disease linked to red meat allergy is a growing health risk

This condition, which can trigger a red meat allergy, may affect as many as 1 in 50 people in U.S. ‘hot spots.’ Learn about ...

It Begins as a Tick Bite and Can Be Devastating. And It’s Spreading.

The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy ...
Boise State Public Radio

Ticks that cause a rare, dangerous red meat allergy are spreading. What precautions can you take?

Alpha-gal syndrome used to be most prevalent in Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia, but is now being seen in many regions, with ...
Newser on MSN

Tick-borne meat allergy emerges as growing threat

A meat allergy that starts with a tick bite is no longer a medical oddity, and doctors are now tying it to deaths. The New ...

Tick Bites: Prevention, Safe Removal and Symptoms of Tick-Borne Diseases

Ticks are tiny parasites that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Adult ticks typically measure about 3 to 5 millimeters in length, based on their age, sex and species. Because of their ...
WWLP

Massachusetts begins tracking alpha-gal syndrome caused by rise in Lone Star ticks

Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic condition caused by the Lone Star tick, will become a reportable condition for health care ...
WHIO

Man’s death linked to meat allergy disease caused by tick bite

While his death was more than a year ago, researchers recently determined he died from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS, CBS News reported. AGS can be caused when a person is bitten by a Lone Star Tick. The ...
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First death linked to red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers say

An airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person to have died of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...