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For the first time, researchers at UVA Health in Virginia have recorded a death linked to a meat allergy spread by a tick bite. The findings are detailed in a study appearing in the Journal of Allergy ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

A healthy 47-year-old New Jersey man died in 2024 after eating beef, with symptoms starting 4 hours after his meal. HealthDay News — A rare tick-spread “meat allergy” has now been tied to its first ...

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 ...

Lamosao will represent Senate District 19, which includes Pearl City, Waipahu, West Loch, Honoʻuliʻuli, and Ho’opili. Kauai lifeguard Chance Swanson was discharged from The Queen’s Medical Center ...

Kauai lifeguard Chance Swanson was discharged from The Queen’s Medical Center after surviving a shark bite at Hanalei Bay. A woman has died following a crash involving multiple vehicles on the H-3 ...