There is a little-known disease spreading through the Mid-Atlantic from deer ticks. It is a parasite that attacks a person’s red blood cells. But early symptoms can be subtle. Kristi Harper spoke with ...

VIRGINIA, USA — A new study says cases of a tick-borne disease are increasing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, including in Virginia. The CDC says babesiosis is a disease that infects ...

It’s nearly peak tick season and bites from the bugs may come with dangerous consequences for meat lovers — and everyone exposed. Three species are associated with a red meat allergy that can manifest ...

Medical researchers have documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to red meat that affected a previously healthy 47-year-old New Jersey father in summer 2024. The ...

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, ...

The state is allowing more deer hunting on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket as tick-borne illnesses surge to crisis levels.

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 ...