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  1. New Jersey man is first known death from meat allergy triggered by tick bites

    In the summer of 2024, a previously healthy 47-year-old father collapsed and died in the bathroom of his…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #allergy #Casestudy #foodallergy #lonestartick #lonestarticks #Platts-Mills #redmeat #ThomasPlatts-Mills #Ticks #UnitedStates #UniversityofVirginia #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/250358/

  2. As many as 450,000 Americans may be living with #alphagal syndrome, a #meat #allergy that is linked to #tick bites, with many of those people going undiagnosed, according to two new studies from #CDC.#LoneStarTicks, are belienve to be primary culprits of the #disease in US. Researchers found that 78% of #healthcare providers who were surveyed had little or no knowledge of the condition, and many clinicians who had heard of the syndrome were not sure how to diagnose it.
    nytimes.com/2023/07/27/health/