Alpha-gal syndrome is a life-threatening allergy to red meat and meat-related products that is triggered by the bite of a lone star tick.

Recently, AGS has caught the attention of major US news media outlets.

Here’s a sampling of recent coverage:

New York Times, May 13, 2022:

Today Show, May 12, 2022:

How a bite from a ‘lone star’ tick can trigger severe allergy to meat

Washington Post, May 1, 2022:

The tick that makes people allergic to red meat is in D.C.

The Atlantic, April 25, 2022

A tick bite made them allergic to meat

Fox News, April 20, 2022:

Single tick bite can cause a life-threatening meat allergy: report