Tick season is starting in Florida, and along with it the potential for serious and debilitating tick-borne illnesses. Some ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

Patients develop a delayed allergic reaction to red meat. Eating beef, pork or lamb can cause severe hives, difficulty ...

Due to climate change, more ticks are migrating north, including species that are not native to California. The Bay Area Lyme ...

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

Alpha-gal syndrome, which comes from being bitten by the lone star tick, can make you allergic to eating red meat and ...

"Lone Star Ticks carry different pathogens than what we have here and they also cause Alpha-gal syndrome," UC Davis ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Until recently, scientists believed only the lone star tick could spread the condition. However, a recent study reveals that bites from two other species of ticks can also trigger the allergy.