You undoubtedly know someone who has to avoid certain foods – peanuts, eggs or chocolate, perhaps – due to an allergy. But did you know that if you get bitten by certain ticks, you could develop an ...
Arkansans have been familiar with Lyme disease and "tick fever" since the 1970s, but Alpha-gal syndrome has only been formally identified since the early 2000s. More than 110,000 suspected cases were ...
Imagine sitting down to a juicy, perfectly cooked steak on a warm evening, and hours later you’re hit with terrible stomach cramps, itchy hives, and swelling so bad you might need to rush to the ER.
While his death was more than a year ago, researchers recently determined he died from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS, CBS News reported. AGS can be caused when a person is bitten by a Lone Star Tick. The ...
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 ...
Spring is here in Central Minnesota, and with it comes a rise in skin rashes like polymorphic light eruption and ...
Michigan is seeing more cases of tick-borne disease, but simple actions can minimize the risk this summer.