Discovered in 2009, there is little reportable national or state data on Alpha-gal. Originally concentrated in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic areas of the United States, a recent CDC study ...

Suspected cases of alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S. jumped 41% between 2017 and 2021. Still, majority of health care providers are in the dark.

Keep an eye out for a tick that can cause a meat allergy. Our map shows where the the lone star tick and alpha-gal syndrome cases are highest in US.

From 2010 to 2022, more than 110,000 suspected cases of alpha-gal syndrome were identified, a syndrome triggered by tick bites. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

Positive blood tests for alpha-gal syndrome generally climbed each year from 13,371 in 2017 to 18,885 in 2021, aside from a dip during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alpha-gal syndrome, which was not formally identified until the 2000s, takes its name from galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, a sugar present in beef, pork, lamb and the meat of most other mammals.

Alpha-gal syndrome – a reaction to a sugar found red meat and dairy products that is caused by lone star ticks – may now be the 10th most common food allergy in the United States, according to ...

May is Alpha-Gal Awareness Month in Virginia, and with tick season in full swing, awareness of this tick-borne disease is more important than ever. According to the CDC, Alpha-Gal Syndrome, which ...

An Alpha-Gal allergy can be life-threatening, just like any other food allergy. Those diagnosed with the syndrome have to avoid eating anything with the alpha-gal sugar molecule in it, which is ...