For the first time, researchers at UVA Health in Virginia have recorded a death linked to a meat allergy spread by a tick bite. The findings are detailed in a study appearing in the Journal of Allergy ...

Scientists have confirmed the first death linked to a severe meat allergy caused by a tick bite. The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a disease triggered by tick ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.