Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy triggered by the saliva of certain ticks. It causes an overreaction of the immune system to ...

According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s 2025 forecast, the deer tick is expanding its U.S. range southward and ...

The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus ... Outside of the U.S., a variety of tick species have been tied to alpha-gal syndrome. So, scientists had suspected that black-legged ticks ...

However, a recent study published in the British Journal of General Practice suggests that Ixodes ricinus, a tick species native to the UK, could be spreading the disease. This follows several ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy that develops as a reaction to the saliva of some ticks. It causes the immune system to ...

Among the various tick species found in New England, the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) is particularly notorious for carrying the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi).