Two additional tick species in the U.S. have been found capable of transmitting red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a severe and life-threatening allergy to red meat, has been linked to tick bites in Maine and Washington.

In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

New research on alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat, suggests that its spread may be linked to various tick species. Traditionally, the lone star tick has ...

An alpha-gal allergy—also referred to as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS)—is an allergic reaction to red meat, such as beef, pork, lamb, or other mammal products. This condition is most often caused by a tick ...

New research on alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat, suggests that its spread may be linked to more tick species.

However, new reports of the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks (Ixodes) can also transmit the disease. The new case reports suggest that ...

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is asking Wisconsin residents to send in ticks for its Tick Inventory via Citizen ...

As such, the cat allergy is considered the true allergy, while the pork allergy is the cross-reactive response. Pork-cat syndrome and alpha-gal syndrome can lead to pork allergy. There's some evidence ...

St. Louis Encephalitis can be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus does not cause ...