As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. The summer can be wonderful, but all too ...

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you may have just gotten a new reason why ticks are on the list of your most hated ...

Shutterstock Image The first death related to a tick-borne allergy has been reported. A New Jersey airline pilot died after ...

A JetBlue pilot’s illness looked like food poisoning, but it was actually an increasingly common tick-borne meat allergy that ...

The spike is a public health concern because Lyme disease can lead to life-threatening medical problems if left untreated.

The 47-year-old man, who was not identified, had two severe reactions hours after eating beef in the summer of 2024.

A New Jersey man is the first person believed to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by a tick bite, ...

Pennsylvania now stands at the center of America’s Lyme disease epidemic, consistently reporting the highest number of cases ...

Alpha-gal syndrome causes delayed allergic reactions to mammal meat, dairy and some medicines after tick bites. Symptoms can ...

A tiny Lone Star tick bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, causing a sudden allergy to red meat in adults. This condition, where the body mistakenly attacks a sugar molecule found in mammals, leads to ...

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that more tick species may be to blame than initially thought. Now a New Jersey dad ...