Alicia Tucker suffers from alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a type of allergy that is passed to humans via a single, tiny vector: ...

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

Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

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

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

according to historical disease data and tick surveillance data, while the southwestern regions have higher risk. Lloyd said the people who get ill after a tick bite are usually good at responding ...

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The Lone Star tick is responsible for most cases of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that’s appearing more and more in Kansas. (Kansas State University Research and Extension.) Researchers at ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.

For this reason, NexGard is a better choice for preventing the transmission of Lyme disease from ticks. Some veterinarians also use NexGard to treat mange. Flea and tick medicines are FDA-approved ...

Other common ticks, such as dog ticks, lone star ticks, and Gulf Coast ticks, do not carry Lyme disease. You can only get Lyme disease if an infected tick bites you. You can't get it from a tick ...