The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is continuing its tick study for a second year. A senior science researcher, ...

It’s rare, but in some cases a tick bite can cause a person to develop an allergy to red meat. Most cases, scientists believe, are linked to the lone star tick ... The CDC’s map of suspected ...

For example, it doesn’t have any real data on how many people have the alpha gal allergy, an allergy to red meat that you can get from the bite of a lone star tick ... to use a map and compass ...

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

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch ...

Mather said it’s currently too early to tell how bad tick season will be. But he did point to an alarming trend: an uptick in lone star ticks, which can cause an allergy to red meat. Here’s ...

A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may also be caused by other tick species found in different parts of the U.S., a new report shows. "Alpha-gal syndrome is ...