It Begins as a Tick Bite and Can Be Devastating. And It’s Spreading.

The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy ...

What is alpha-gal syndrome? The disease which makes people allergic to red meat and dairy

A minimum of 450,000 people in the US have contracted the rare alpha-gal syndrome - and cases are increasing more each year.
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First death linked to meat allergy caused by tick bites

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 ...