SCOUT· 61%17m·2026-07-16·ScienceHow does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy?
For two decades, a perplexing illness has been spreading: After a lone-star tick bite, people find themselves with a severe allergic reaction to red meat. The CDC estimates up to 450,000 people in the U.S. may be affected with alpha-gal syndrome, up from just a few dozen documented cases in 2009. New research finds…
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“Did he mention the first person to notice the correlation of the reaction of tick bite and meat was an Australian professor Dr Sheryl van Nunen.”
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