The bill would add alpha-gal syndrome to the Tennessee Department of Health's list of reportable conditions and diseases.
Alicia Tucker suffers from alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a type of allergy that is passed to humans via a single, tiny vector: the Lone Star tick. In a 2023 press release, the Centers for Disease Control ...
The test confirmed he was one of two people to test positive ... and that is also contributing to new populations at risk for ...
with up to around 1% of the population developing alpha-gal syndrome. He said during a committee hearing that amounts to up to 70,000 people. "The CDC identified a critical need for state and ...