Health officials are trying to raise awareness of a life‑threatening allergy to meat triggered by tick bites, known as alpha‑gal syndrome. The lone star tick is identified as the tick species that causes red‑meat allergy (alpha‑gal syndrome). Alpha‑gal syndrome is a life‑threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites.

Ars Technica reported that a large number of people may have a marker for tick‑linked meat allergy and that some people develop alpha‑gal syndrome, a meat allergy caused by tick bites.

Daily Sabah reported that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. NPR reported that lone star ticks are covering much of the United States.

GDELT reported that researchers collect ticks from parks using a drag cloth, place them in vials, and send them to a lab for species identification and disease testing; black‑legged ticks transmit Lyme disease; and the goal of tick collection is to understand tick distribution, assess the risk of disease to humans, and develop mitigation strategies.

WJCL.com reported that alpha‑gal syndrome was first linked to a particular tick species about 15 years ago, that cases are increasing as more people report symptoms such as hives, diarrhea, and itchiness after eating meat and sometimes dairy, that symptoms include hives, diarrhea, and itchiness after eating meat and sometimes dairy, and that the allergy does not impact consumption of seafood.