Show threadDoomsdaysCW6h ago

@ClimateJenny Yeah, and #LoneStarTicks are migrated as far north as Maine. Lots of reports in #NewYork as well.

#TickSafety #SolarPunkSunday

Show threadDoomsdaysCW7h ago

@ClimateJenny Also, link to archived version:

https://archive.ph/Kqxos

#SolarPunkSunday #Ticks #AlphaGalSyndrome #LoneStarTicks #BeSafeOutdoors

News BeepNov 14

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
https://www.newsbeep.com/250358/

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jul 4, 2025
‘Explosive increase’ of #ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to #climate risis
The #lonestarticks are known to be unusually aggressive and can provoke an allergy in bitten people whereby they cannot eat red meat without enduring a severe reaction, such as breaking out in hives and even the risk of heart attacks. The condition, known as alpha-gal syndrome, has proliferated from just a few dozen known cases in 2009 to as many as 450,000 now.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis
#climate #climatechange
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

The Guardian
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Aug 10, 2023
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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/health/alpha-gal-ticks-meat-allergy.html
A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says

Many doctors said that they were unfamiliar with the condition, known as alpha-gal syndrome, the agency found.

The New York Times
John RossFeb 25, 2023

Cases of Heartland virus are increasing. It should be considered in all patients with undiagnosed fever, diarrhea, myalgias, and elevated liver enzymes who live in areas where Lone Star ticks are found. #Heartland virus can also cause encephalopathy and hemophagocytic syndrome (both potentially fatal).

#LoneStarticks also spread ehrlichiosis, tularemia, southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), and Bourbon virus. It may also cause alpha-gal syndrome (red meat allergy).