If you’re having an unexplained, intense reaction after eating beef or pork, it’s a good idea to seek a blood test. By Joseph Goldstein Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that begins with a tick ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness that can cause people to develop a life-threatening allergy to red meat, is spreading across the U.S. Researchers estimate that as many as 450,000 Americans ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness that can cause people to develop a life-threatening allergy to red meat, is spreading across the U.S. Researchers estimate that as many as 450,000 Americans ...

The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome appears to be growing significantly. Patients who are bitten can develop a severe allergy to red meat, and a few have died. The incidence of alpha-gal syndrome ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy to red meat and other mammalian byproducts, such as dairy and gelatin, that comes from the bite of the lone star tick. And it's become more common in Missouri. Eden ...

Many Hy-Vees in southern Missouri have begun to mark foods as "alpha-gal friendly," which means they are free of the mammalian by-products, such as red meat, dairy, gelatin and more. Eden Stewart, a ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that alpha-gal syndrome will become a reportable condition for health care providers and laboratories starting April 1. The reporting ...

Eden Stewart, a nutrition and health specialist with MU Extension, said she remembers the first time someone asked her about alpha-gal syndrome. “I was at a farmer's market … and this mom stops me, ...

Chris Engelage's family takes care of goats, cattle and a mule on their farm in Warren County. Engelage also loves to hunt. But if he were to eat a burger made from his own meat, he would be hit with ...