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 ...

A bite from the Lone Star tick could cause an allergy to red meat, and now the bug is moving north. Typically found in the southeast region of the United States, the tick is moving north, according to ...

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal ...

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 ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites. The findings, by researchers at the University of Virginia ...

With the weather warming up, more and more people are outside, which means more and more are exposed to ticks and tick-borne illnesses. Ticks that transmit disease have been reported in every state.

Ticks are staying alive this winter due to a combination of leaf litter and snow that provides enough warmth for ticks to ...