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Tick bites: What’s normal, what’s not, and when to get checked

Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such ...
Forbes

First Reported Alpha-Gal Syndrome Death, Meat Allergy From Tick Bite

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...
MedPage Today

First Documented Death From Meat Allergy Tied to Tick Bite

Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites. A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal syndrome, ...
NBC DFW

First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite

A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Researchers at the University of Virginia School ...
USA Today

First death linked to red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers say

An airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person to have died of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...