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After the eleventh doctor couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her, Ashley Courtney broke down sobbing in the shower in May 2021. She had been suffering through frightening heart palpitations, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach woman said doctors diagnosed her with a meat allergy, caused by a tick bite. The phenomenon is something doctors across the country say they’re seeing in more ...

HPJ Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer explains AGS, otherwise known as "red meat allergy" and how to protect yourself from ...

FOOTBALL TO HUNTING AND HIKING. BUT THERE’S A RENEWED WARNING TO BE TICK AWARE AS MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A TICK BORNE ILLNESS CALLED ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME. ALPHA-GAL IS A ...

A JetBlue pilot’s illness looked like food poisoning, but it was actually an increasingly common tick-borne meat allergy that can be fatal. By Joseph Goldstein The 47-year-old JetBlue pilot went to a ...

Leah Kovitch was pulling invasive plants in the meadow near her home one weekend in late April when a tick latched onto her leg. She did not notice the tiny bug until Monday, when her calf muscle ...

A new autopsy just confirmed the first U.S. death from tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome. Alpha-gal syndrome causes delayed allergic reactions to mammal meat, dairy and some medicines after tick bites.