Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have reported what they believe to be the first documented death ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

Could a tick bite start a chain reaction of events ending in tragedy hours after a meal? The recent death of a healthy ...

Scientists have confirmed the first fatal case of alpha-gal syndrome, a severe meat allergy caused by a lone star tick bite.