From rare tick-borne meat allergy to everyday asthma, millions of people turn to social media for health advice. But new ...

Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with a lab director in Monroe County who says the number of ticks in the woods this fall has ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 450,000 people in the US have alpha-gal syndrome — a tickborne allergy to red meat — while many others have never heard of the ...

Despite dropping temperatures along Michigan’s lakeshore, area veterinarians warn that ticks remain a threat to pets and ...

HealthDay News — The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), typically linked to bites from the lone star tick, increased considerably from 2013-2014 to 2021-2022, according to a study presented at the ...

A once-rare meat allergy caused by tick bites is dramatically increasing across the United States, researchers say.

A dog owner in Ohio brought their pet into Oxford Veterinary Hospital after the animal stepped on a nest of ticks while outdoors. Hundreds of ticks were covering the animal, so veterinarian Chantel ...

Conversations about a “red meat allergy” have regularly popped up on social media or in news articles in Missouri throughout the last few years. As it turns out, this is a real concern in Missouri ...

Across Minnesota, there has been an uptick in tick-borne disease diagnoses — ranging from Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne disease reported in Minnesota, to emerging threats like Powassan ...

Biologist Grant Hokit came to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon, Montana, to look for ticks. A hiking path crossed the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit walked the ...

Ticks are feared because their bite can lead to Lyme disease. If Lyme disease were an easily treatable illness, there may not be such panic about being bitten. Unfortunately, horror stories abound ...