Ticks
TBE cases in Sweden have tripled over ten years despite rising vaccinations. Åke Lundkvist, professor of virology at Uppsala University, suspects the virus may have changed, reducing vaccine effectiveness. Researchers are now analyzing 12,000 ticks to investigate.
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A 47-year-old man from New Jersey died hours after eating beef, in what University of Virginia researchers say is the first confirmed death from alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-associated allergy to red meat. Post-mortem testing at UVA Health revealed severe sensitization to the sugar alpha-gal, implicating a fatal anaphylactic reaction. The condition, associated with bites from Lone Star ticks, can trigger delayed allergic responses to mammalian meats such as beef, pork and lamb.