Tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome, otherwise known as the red meat allergy, is on the rise across the United States. Two new continuing medical education courses—one from the CDC and one from VectorWise CME—aim to boost clinician awareness and training. READ MORE www.lymedisease.org/alpha-gal-tr...

Tragic, but absolutely NOT the first alpha-gal-related death. There are at least a dozen deaths documented in the literature and quite a few deaths nobody bothered to officially document.

🚨🩸 Growing evidence links #AlphaGalSyndrome to transfusion reactions. 1️⃣ AGS patients without type B blood may make alpha-gal IgE that binds B antigen. 2️⃣ Risk: plasma/platelet transfusions from type B donors. 3️⃣ Data is from patients with type O blood--implications for those with type A unclear? 1/

Check out the fantastic new alpha-gal syndrome provider training module from the CDC--FREE CE credits. 👉 Take the course & share with colleagues!

Keep your cats indoors! It's better for them, you, and birds.

It’s peak season for larval ticks. They look like chiggers, but they’re NOT—watch out!

Alpha-gal syndrome’s inconsistency has serious consequences: reactions are dangerously unpredictable, and diagnosis is often delayed or missed.

Ask your member of the U.S. House of Representatives to become a cosponsor of the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act – H.R. 1178. #alphagal #ticks #tickborneillnesses #lymedisease secure.everyaction.com/mOO1D7F_FUG4...

Please consider sharing this. There is misinformation about this on trusted websites that providers tend to rely on.

Don't play Russian roulette. I can't tell you how many people have told me they can eat pork or venison, only to text me from the ER a few months later after reacting to it.

If you have alpha-gal syndrome, you need to know what your dentist is putting in your mouth. us.dental-tribune.com/news/alpha-g... via @DentalTribuneIn

A condition known as alpha-gal syndrome is changing the way many people shop, cook and eat on Martha’s Vineyard, an island long known as a food-lover’s retreat. A single tick bite can leave people with this life-threatening allergy to most meat and dairy.

New CDC map highlights dramatic expansion of lone star tick's range. Wherever lone star ticks are established, they tend to outcompete and replace black-legged ticks. This is going to change the face of tick-borne disease in North America. 1/

You are invited to join a free webinar! Learn about alpha-gal syndrome and the unique features which set it apart from other food allergies! When: Aug 7, 1pm ET/12pm CT Where: Zoom Who: Sharon Forsyth, creator of Alpha-gal Information Register by clicking below. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If there are any immunologists who want to explore this allergy further, I have both alpha-gal syndrome and a severe tsetse fly allergy and would be happy to donate blood, etc.

Did you see the recent Am College of Cardiology paper that discusses the problem of premature degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valves in people AGS? Well, that's the tip of the iceberg, folks.

Safety of Bovine and Porcine Derived Orthopaedic Implants: Growing Concern for Alpha-gal Syndrome 1/ journaloei.scholasticahq.com/article/128537

Alpha-gal syndrome: it's more than a food allergy. www.acc.org/Latest-in-Ca...

Ticks that cause a bizarre allergy to meat in people are advancing across a warming US, experts warn. Lone star ticks are aggressive, too. “They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,” one alpha gal sufferer told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A big thanks to Representative Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social for cosponsoring the Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act. Thank you, Rep Subramanyam, for bringing the alpha-gal community one step closer to having safe food options.

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe allergy to a sugar molecule called galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose (commonly referred to as alpha-gal), which is found in the cells of most mammals. Symptoms appear after eating meat or other food products with animal connections, such as dairy or gelatin.

Did you know that alpha-gal syndrome is NOT the only mammalian meat (red meat) allergy? 1/ europepmc.org/backend/ptpm...

Alpha-Gal syndrome is the allergy to red meat induced by tick bites. As if that weren’t strange enough, a major challenge in diagnosis is the inconsistency of reactions that happen with each exposure.

Alpha-gal syndrome cases have grown exponentially since AGS was first described in 2009. In part, this is due to an increase in awareness leading to an increase in diagnosis. But it is also because lone star tick populations are exploding and lone star ticks are spreading. (U.S. stats)

5 Tips about Lone Star Ticks From lone star tick expert, Patrick Roden-Reynolds youtu.be/3uEODPkB35E?...

Moje uwagi na blogu @eksperymentmyslowy.bsky.social o alergii na czerwone mięso w wyniku ukąszenia przez kleszcza: tinyurl.com/3pdb44sw #glycotime @alphagal-info.bsky.social @alphagal-res.bsky.social

Learn from an expert: alpha-gal syndrome testing and diagnosis pearls from expert Dr. Scott Commins youtu.be/i84ngjDm3cc?...

Can we please put this myth to rest once and for all? It puts people at risk to believe this. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Lone star ticks LOVE certain kinds of habitats, BUT... 1/

The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks ->The Scientist | More info from EcoSearch

Thanks, @lymenews.bsky.social, for raising awareness about occupations at special risk of developing tick-borne disease, including Lyme and alpha-gal syndrome. Sandy is doing an amazing job of raising awareness about TBD and tick bite avoidance among surveyors with help from NSPS.

Summer Tick Workshop--what a cool opportunity! www.georgiasouthern.edu/research/cen...

Tick tips that work against lone star ticks: carry a lint roller!

Lone star ticks are tougher, faster and more aggressive than black-legged ticks--and they HUNT you! Regular tick bite avoidance tips don't cut it for these ticks, which are like a cross between a hungry lentil and a velociraptor. Learn what does! youtu.be/qC9vMpM3fe8?...

On behalf of the whole alpha-gal syndrome community, thank you SO much @repvindman.bsky.social !

In honor of Mother's Day, here is info about an atypical presentation of alpha-gal syndrome common in kids. Moms, if your kid experiences this, get them tested!

Surgeons and anesthesiologists! Heparin and Hamburgers: Perioperative Implications of Alpha Gal Syndrome for the Anesthesiologist | Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET Epidemiology, diagnosis and strategies to avoid complications for AGS patients. iars.org/cme-webinars/

Myth vs fact. #alphagal #AlphaGalMyths

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Not alpha-gal syndrome related, but another interesting dimension of the alpha-gal immune response that might interest some of you.