New research suggests that any tick bites from these three species could leave you with an unexpected allergy to red meat.

Tick bites are increasing alpha-gal meat allergy cases, especially in fragmented suburban and forested landscapes.

Justin Bieber is mourning the loss of his grandfather, Bruce Dale, who died this week at the age of 80. On April 26, Bieber ...

A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...

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

I was fully covered in these hives, head to toe. Literally from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet,” said Rob ...

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

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.

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

Doctors diagnosed him with alpha-gal syndrome, which is caused by a bite from the lone star tick. Patients develop a delayed allergic reaction to red meat. Eating beef, pork or lamb can cause severe ...

Ticks have been known to transmit diseases to humans, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but now a recently discovered red meat allergy could become more common.