Maryland is home to multiple types of ticks, which can spread disease. Here's what to look out for and how to avoid ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

Alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, is one tick-triggered allergy that can change what you eat, the medications you tolerate and how ...

The allergy is known as alpha-gal syndrome, which is also a potentially life-threatening condition. Scientists think that the ...

Traditionally, the lone star tick was the primary suspect in alpha-gal cases. However, recent studies reveal that other tick species, such as the western blacklegged and blacklegged ticks, may also ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Patients develop a delayed allergic reaction to red meat. Eating beef, pork or lamb can cause severe hives, difficulty ...

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

Americans have been issued a warning over two specific species of tick to look out for right now following a surge in the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the lone star tick as “very aggressive,” and it seeks out human ...

"Lone Star Ticks carry different pathogens than what we have here and they also cause Alpha-gal syndrome," UC Davis ...

The CDC warned that Lone Star ticks had affected close to 450,000 people with meat allergies; deer ticks can spread multiple ...