How can a tick bite cause a deadly meat allergy? An expert explains

So when a tick bites, alpha-gal enters the blood stream and in some people prompts the body to produce molecules associated ...

Teenager died from meat allergy triggered by tick bite in Australian first

Coroner finds Jeremy Webb death in 2022 was caused by mammalian meat allergy – one of only two known cases worldwide ...

Teen dies eating sausages in Australian first

Jeremy Webb was on a trip with three friends on the Central Coast when he ate beef sausages that had been cooked over a ...

Study finds no evidence of persistent tick-borne infection in people who link chronic illness to ticks

When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective ...

Teenager Jeremy Webb died of meat allergy from tick bites, coroner finds

Jeremy Webb's death in 2022 is the first documented fatal case of mammalian meat allergy in the country and second in the world.
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Fall Weather Week: Protect yourself against tick bites

(WSPA) – As temperatures cool this fall, tick season is ramping up, with tick populations increasing in the fall and winter months. David Coyle, an associate professor at Clemson University’s ...
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5-year-old paralyzed by tick bite

Tick bites on humans can cause illness and complications. A 5-year-old boy in Ohio experienced temporary paralysis as a result. Flea-like tick bites on humans , how dangerous are they? According to ...

Teenager confirmed as first Australian to have died from tick-induced red meat allergy

A coroner has found that an Australian teenager's death in 2022 was the result of a rare condition called mammalian meat ...
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Butte County tests ticks

OROVILLE — The hills are green and the black-legged ticks are out in droves, though whether or not Lyme disease is prevalent among them remains to be determined. At the Butte County Mosquito and ...