Bug bites when you're camping or hiking are the worst, and can ruin a trip. One easy way to prevent and deal with bug bites ...

Here are some tips from California Poison Control System on preventing poisonous bites. Many spiders and insects, as well as various critters who also call California home, can turn summer fun into a ...

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Blood tests confirmed that the man had an alpha-gal sensitivity, which develops after a bite from the Lone Star tick. HealthDay News — A rare tick-spread “meat allergy” has now been tied to its first ...

Researchers say they have identified what appears to be the first documented death caused by alpha-gal syndrome — a severe meat allergy triggered by certain tick bites — after a 47-year-old New Jersey ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites. A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal ...

An airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person to have died of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

WASHINGTON — A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, according to a case study published Wednesday in ...