The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new tick surveillance website that maps county-level ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

Folk methods for removing ticks are usually bunk for one of a few reasons. Either they aim to induce the tick to detach with ...

What ticks to look out for: Watch out for the lone star tick The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick. This type ...

Three tick species in the U.S. are known to transmit AGS: the lone star tick, the blacklegged tick, and the Western blacklegged tick. AGS symptoms can include hives, itching, swelling, and ...

But a new study finds bites from two other tick species – the blacklegged tick and Western blacklegged wood tick – can trigger the allergy, too. The eastern and southern U.S. is home to the ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a rare and potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat, has long been associated with bites from the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, recent findings from ...

Two emerging tick species, including one that is known to ... “The lone star tick doesn’t carry a ton of different pathogens, but there is concern about the alpha-gal syndrome,” said Megan ...