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flag Up to 450,000 Americans are developing a red meat allergy linked to tick bites, a condition known as Alpha-gal syndrome.

flag A growing number of Americans are developing "red meat allergy" or Alpha-gal syndrome after tick bites, affecting up to 450,000 people in the U.S. flag The condition is triggered by a sugar molecule in mammals' tissues, causing allergic reactions to red meat and other animal products like dairy and gelatin. flag Various tick species across six continents can cause the allergy, and the number of cases is rising due to increasing tick populations linked to more deer and human activity.

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