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

A tiny tick bite could trigger a lifelong change to your menu.Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a potentially life-threatening ...

People with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) can have an allergic reaction after eating red meat or being exposed to products ...

Since the mid-2000s, scientists have become aware of a condition called alpha-gal syndrome, a type of food allergy triggered ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bites from lone star ticks are causing an allergic reaction to red meat, and maybe more than 400,000 people in the U.S. are affected.

In other words, “there are 5,000 estimated cases in the U.S. Based on those odds, only a fraction of people develop the allergic response to red meat.” ...

For private chef Matt Beres, living with the red meat allergy that prevents him from enjoying many of his gourmet meals has been especially difficult. "I can work with them, but I can't eat them.

More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by tick bites, according to a government report released Thursday.

The red meat allergy was first described in 2008, and it causes symptoms that can include hives, skin rashes, indigestion, and in extreme cases, anaphylaxis, a state of whole-body inflammation ...

Kathy Metrick knew meat was a problem when a filet mignon gave her hives. It wasn’t her first allergic reaction to meat. Metrick, of Heidelberg Township, Penn. said eight to 10 months prior, she ...

Red meat fans beware. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-borne illness that causes a red meat allergy — is an emerging public health concern.

Saff said the red meat allergy passed by the lone star tick is so new that health agencies still do not track it. Dorshow-Gordon said it isn’t tracked in her department.