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There's a new medical issue on Martha's Vineyard, and it's impacting the way people eat. It's known as "alpha-gal syndrome," ...

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Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...

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Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.

The study, published Friday in the journal iScience, was conducted by researchers at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment ...

Virginia will begin tracking alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne condition causing delayed allergic reactions to meat and other mammalian products, as awareness grows about this emerging health concern.

As tick populations boom with growing deer and human populations, the number of people with alpha-gal syndrome is escalating.