A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Researchers at the University of Virginia School ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New Jersey man may be the first confirmed death due to a meat allergy triggered by a bite from a tick, researchers announced on ...

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...

A lone star tick is shown in this May 2, 2024, photo. A bite from this tick, among others, can cause alpha-gal syndrome in humans. Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat and other mammal products ...

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 ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...

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