I live with alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-borne illness that makes you allergic to meat products — and my life is hell

People with the allergy told The Post it has caused everything from wild, near fatal health scares to social ostracization ...
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Lone Star threat: the tick that gives way more than it gets

I sat in the car with the window down two months ago as my wife walked into a grocery store. The warm morning sun danced with ...

First Reported Alpha-Gal Syndrome Death, Meat Allergy From Tick Bite

The lone star tick along with the alpha-gal syndrome seems to be spreading in the U.S. Now there's been the first reported ...

NJ man first to die of meat allergy triggered by tick bite, researchers say

The 47-year-old airline pilot had two severe reactions hours after eating beef in the summer of 2024 — when he had been bitten by lone star ticks ...

Lone star tick present on Staten Island linked to meat allergy death of New Jersey man

The man, 47, an airline pilot, is reported to have died of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy, hours after eating a ...