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

A recent study shows that two additional tick species can transmit the red meat allergy alpha-gal syndrome. Which species can be found in Alabama?

As warmer weather arrives, so does tick season, increasing the risk of bites that can transmit dangerous tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. But there's also a ...

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

the black-legged tick is mainly found in the eastern half of the U.S., along with the Midwest. In the Northeast, Mather said, there also has been an alarming increase in lone star ticks in the ...

There have been 14 distinct species ... common disease-spreading species of ticks found in New York: black-legged ticks, American dog ticks and Lone Star ticks. “They’re all common once ...

The CDC’s map of suspected cases ... the ticks while traveling. (Lone star ticks are uncommon in Maine and Washington, but they have been found there.) It’s also possible that these ...

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is once again asking Wisconsin residents to send in ticks they find while working and ...

Until recently, scientists thought a rare and potentially deadly meat allergy was transmitted by just one species of tick found in the U.S. — the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).

TWO women were rushed to hospital with a mysterious illness after eating red meat. Neither of them had suffered from food ...