A healthy 47-year-old man ate a hamburger. A few hours later he was dead

Scientists have confirmed the first death caused by tick-induced “meat allergy,” a disease triggered by sensitization to alpha-gal after a Lone Star tick bite. Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have reported what they describe as the first documented death linked to tick-associated “meat allergy.” The case involved a previously healthy 47-year-old man from […]