WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - We stopped by City of Wichita Falls Animal Services to meet this week’s Pet of the Week. Bella ...

The condition is called Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) — also known as the “red-meat allergy” or the “tick bite meat allergy.” It begins with a bite from the Lone Star tick, found primarily in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-borne illness that causes a red meat allergy — is an emerging public health concern. There have been more ...

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.

MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- 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 different parts of the U.S ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

a serious and life-threatening allergic reaction that appears in mammals after a tick bite, state data show. Once a person is bitten, they can have symptoms appear after eating red meat or if they ...