A female tick can be identified by the white spot or "lone star" that is visible on her back, according to the CDC. Start the ...

Like the lone star tick, female deer ticks are larger than males but their scutum is dark brown to black in color and has an overlay that is a shade of brownish-orange. Their geographic range is ...

It took doctors a long time, however, to figure out the unlikely cause: alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy, which Wallace probably got from lone star tick bites in her backyard in ...

The Lone Star tick, whose bite can lead to people developing an allergy to red meat and other foods, is found mostly in the southeastern United States, in addition to parts of the Midwest and the ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is mostly linked with the bite of an infected lone star tick, which is more common in the South, East and Central states in the U.S. Those are the areas in which most AGS cases ...

Lone Star ticks spread an allergy to red meat and ... But either way, this is more indication that tick bites are even more harmful than most people think.

US scientists have traced alpha-gal to saliva from the lone star tick. The tick is identified by the white spot on its back and is mostly found in southern and eastern parts of the US. But experts ...

People with AGS can develop symptoms after they eat red meat, dairy or are exposed to other products made from mammals. Alpha-gal syndrome is mostly linked with the bite of an infected lone star tick, ...

The symptoms might seem random for individuals who have never had issues with meat in the past, but scientists have identified a common thread: the lone star tick. Experts have been studying the ...