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A new threat from tick bites is emerging: red meat allergies. Experts say that this year's tick season is shaping up to be possibly the worst in recent memory. Beyond Lyme disease and other tick ...
An increasing number of people are developing allergies to red meat, and doctors believe the one thing many of them have in common are tick bites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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 ...
This tick’s bite could become the Hamptons’ hottest new health craze. The tiny terror — known as the Lone Star tick — causes the humans it nips to turn ...
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 ...
Ticks have been known to transmit diseases to humans, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but now a recently discovered red meat allergy could become more common.
The bite of the lone star tick, found in the U.S. South, Midwest and mid-Atlantic, can trigger bizarre and sometimes dangerous allergies to red meat (such as beef, pork and venison), dairy ...
One bite from this tick, which is easily identified by the white spot on its back if it’s a female, can cause a life-long adverse reaction to eating red meat. The lone star tick originated in ...
New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than ...
Two emerging tick species, including one that is known to cause a red meat allergy, are on the rise in Connecticut. Researchers at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station recently released ...
And if you're bitten by a Lone Star tick, here's one more to add to the list: a red meat allergy. Laura Stirling, 51, a Realtor who lives in Severna Park, Md., was diagnosed with the allergy last ...