More Americans becoming allergic to red meat due to tick bites

Bite from lone star tick can cause severe allergic reaction after eating red meat, which in some sufferers can prove life-threatening

The lone star tick is unique in that it can transmit a molecule that causes the alpha-gal syndrome allergy.

More and more Americans are becoming allergic to red meat due to lone star tick bites.

Between 2010 and 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were more than 110,000 suspected cases of this alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) identified in the United States.