Two additional tick species in the U.S. have been found capable of transmitting red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer New data from the CDC suggests that alpha-gal syndrome—a tick-borne allergy to red meat—may be more widespread than previously thought.Scientists long believed that only ...

This new evidence raises worries about the spread of AGS, particularly in regions like Long Island, where ticks are a growing ...

A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may also be caused by other tick species found in ...

Until recently, scientists thought a rare and potentially deadly meat allergy was transmitted by just one species of tick ...

called alpha-gal syndrome. Mather said that some people who have developed this allergy from a lone star tick bite have had ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being ...

New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse ...

Researchers confirmed that black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) can trigger alpha-gal syndrome in humans. A 10-year ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially ... 61-year-old in Washington — had been in areas where the lone star tick is commonly found. Scientists consider these human biters ...