News of a New Jersey man’s death from alpha-gal syndrome made national headlines last month. Should Philly be worried?

It turns out that Lyme disease isn't the only thing to worry about when you get a tick bite. While people have long been taught to be wary of deer ticks, which can carry Lyme disease, now people have ...

Tick bite may trigger allergic reaction to red meat, researchers say. June 20, 2012— -- There's a new weapon in the war on meat: a tiny tick, whose bite might be spreading meat allergies up the ...

WASHINGTON — A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, according to a case study published Wednesday in ...

A bite from the Lone Star tick could cause an allergy to red meat, and now the bug is moving north. Typically found in the southeast region of the United States, the tick is moving north, according to ...

This article is a part of 12-piece series for The Times’ 2025 “Year in Review. It was the New York Times that said this ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

"I felt like I was allergic to existing," Courtney told the NYP. In another case, Debra Schaefer from New York started ...

There's good and bad news for people heading outdoors across Indiana. The bad news: people are finding ticks everywhere, especially on themselves and their pets. The good news: so far there aren't ...