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 from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse ...

Scientists have long thought that only one species of tick found in the United States, the lone star tick, could […] ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being caused by the bites of two ...

Ixodes pacificus that lives along the Pacific Coast). Although more often found on the East Coast and in the Midwest, the species is gradually hitching a slow ride farther west. What’s more ...

A tick removed from a hunting dog in Dawson County was confirmed to be the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, also called ...

Other recorded species include the Asian longhorn tick and Ixodes cookei. Research has shown some adult ticks can overwinter, even during freezing cold conditions. Spring has come to New York, and ...