BOSTON -- You may just be one tick bite away from never being able to eat a ham sandwich again. The lone star tick is making its way into Massachusetts from the southeastern part of the United States.

Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a little-known, life-threatening food allergy triggered by tick bites, could be affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S., the CDC warned in a new report.

An allergist on TikTok warns that a dangerous tick species is spreading across the United States that can make you allergic to red meat. People suffering from allergies always need to be cautious ...

And the tick bite turns you into someone that's allergic to the food," said one researcher. “I don’t like conspiracy theories. But, this is like the time when the conspiracy theory came true.

And the tick bite turns you into someone that's allergic to the food," said Dr. Cosby Stone Jr., assistant professor of Vanderbilt Allery and Immunology. “I don’t like conspiracy theories.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Feb 13, 2024 Feb 13, 2024 0 A female lone star tick, which despite its Texas-sounding name, is found mainly in the Southeast ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy that causes your body to react to eating meat from mammals and products made from mammals. Symptoms usually start 2-6 hours after eating the mammalian meat or food.

And the tick bite turns you into someone that's allergic to the food," said Dr. Cosby Stone Jr., assistant professor of Vanderbilt Allery and Immunology. “I don’t like conspiracy theories.

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Technology UMass study: Ticks behind serious bacterial infections, meat allergies are in New England Two types of ticks found in Maine could infect people with rare, sometimes fatal sicknesses.

Ticks, tiny blood sucking menaces that can be found almost year round, tend to be more populous in the Fairfax region between April through September. With tick season in full ...