Christine Longette never imagined tick bites would lead to a life-threatening allergy. Yet that is what happened to the Asbury Park woman in 2020 after she joined friends for a hike during the ...

Anywhere from 96,000 to as many as 450,000 people in the U.S. may have developed an allergy to red meat following the bite of a tick, according to 2023 data published by the Centers for Disease ...

Up to 450,000 people in the United States may have developed a rare and potentially life-threatening tick-associated allergic condition that is triggered when eating red meat, according to federal ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is a serious and life-threatening allergic reaction that appears in mammals after a tick bite. The lone star tick can transmit alpha-gal syndrome to humans through its saliva.

A growing body of research suggests that bites from a particular tick are causing an unusual allergic reaction to meat. At an allergy meeting last week, for example, a diagnostics lab presented ...

It’s rare, but in some cases a tick bite can cause a person to develop an allergy to red meat. Most cases, scientists believe, are linked to the lone star tick, a species typically found in the ...

And doctors are suggesting residents exercise caution as one bite from the tick can make a person allergic to red meat. The roughly quarter-inch tick, which got its name from the silver spot on ...