A bite from the lone star tick, often found in East Tennessee, can cause someone to develop alpha-gal syndrome — effectively ...

However, the lone star tick is an aggressive tick species that is becoming more common in the U.S. In a national survey of ticks on dogs and cats, more than 23 percent of dogs were infested with ...

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 ...

Lyme-like illness (also known as southern tick-associated rash illness [STARI] or Masters disease) is vectored by the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Lyme-like illness lesions, which are ...

A Tennessee bill aims to track alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to red meat that affects thousands in the state.

The bill would add alpha-gal syndrome to the Tennessee Department of Health's list of reportable conditions and diseases.

Alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United ...

The Lone Star tick appears to be the one causing the allergic ... People should protect themselves against ticks to prevent Lyme Disease as well. Signs of Lyme Disease include fever, headaches ...

The Western blacklegged tick, which can also spread Lyme disease but primarily lives on the West Coast. The lone star tick can transmit Heartland virus and Southern tick-associated rash illness.

The adult female Lone star tick has a distinct white spot in the very middle of her back. Tick-borne diseases of concern in Minnesota often have similar signs and symptoms. People who have these ...

Goudarz Molaei is a research scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale ...

The allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United States.