People with the allergy told The Post it has caused everything from wild, near fatal health scares to social ostracization ...

An invasive tick species recently found to be carrying a potentially deadly bacteria for the first time in Connecticut has been already making a home across Virginia. Connecticut officials confirmed ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by ...

Doctors nationwide are seeing cases of alpha-gal syndrome, which triggers severe allergic reactions to unusual substances ...

Ticks are tiny and hard to spot. Bites from the arachnids can be both irritating and harmful to your health. They spread diseases that affect humans and can cause serious medical problems such as Lyme ...

Although tick season reaches its peak from April through September, ticks can be active on warm days at all times of the year for a variety of reasons including suburbanization, the abundance of deer, ...

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is about 5 mm in length or less, light reddish-brown with a central white spot on the back of most of the adults. The brown tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Spending more time outside means an increased risk of tick bites, prompting the Virginia Department of Health to share some preventative safety tips. In a recent ...

The New Jersey man, unaware he had contracted the meat allergy, died hours after eating a hamburger at a barbecue.