Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on ...

Most people who contract meat allergies from Lone Star ticks will not see such severe reactions. In many cases, consuming ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by ...

Pennsylvania now stands at the center of America’s Lyme disease epidemic, consistently reporting the highest number of cases ...

The healthy 47-year-old man from New Jersey developed a fatal allergic reaction hours after attending a barbeque in summer ...

A longhorned tick, a species native to East Asia, has been discovered in Butler County, Ohio, for the first time, raising concerns for pets, livestock, and humans. Dr. Chantel Raghu, a veterinary ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding Illinoisans to take appropriate precautions against tick bites after an Illinois resident became seriously ill with Powassan – a tickborne illness ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform prevention and treatment. Read the paper: LRP8 is a ...

Ticks are small, but their saliva is busy. It carries a toolkit of proteins and other molecules that let a tick feed for days while keeping the bite site quiet and easy to tap for blood. In the United ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country, as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms, and in ...