Growing tick-borne allergy to red meat is the focus of Southern Mississippi researchers
Alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United ...
TN state bill requiring healthcare providers report alpha-gal syndrome passes House committee
The bill would add alpha-gal syndrome to the Tennessee Department of Health's list of reportable conditions and diseases.
Republican TN lawmaker introduces bill to require healthcare providers to report alpha-gal syndrome cases to state
The bill would add alpha-gal syndrome to the Tennessee Department of Health's list of reportable conditions and diseases.
Mississippi researchers investigate growing tick-borne allergy to red meat
The allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United States.
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Republican TN lawmaker introduces bill to require healthcare providers to report alpha-gal syndrome cases to state
A Republican state lawmaker proposed a bill aimed at helping healthcare providers better respond to cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a condition usually caused by a tick bite that can radically ...
Atlanta Magazine1d
Metro Atlanta is a hot bed for Lone Star ticks. Here’s what you can do to avoid them.
Alicia Tucker suffers from alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a type of allergy that is passed to humans via a single, tiny vector: the Lone Star tick. In a 2023 press release, the Centers for Disease Control ...
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Tick bites can trigger serious reactions to some medications
It took doctors a long time, however, to figure out the unlikely cause: alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy, which Wallace probably got from lone star tick bites in her backyard in ...
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Kansas State University researchers say red meat allergy from tick bites is becoming more common
Alpha-gal syndrome is the term used to describe the allergic reaction to red meats and mammalian related products, most often through a tick bite. ...EXTREME COLD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ...