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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 19, 2017, 12:00:11 pm

Title: Oh, Lovely: The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies Is Spreading
Post by: rangerrebew on June 19, 2017, 12:00:11 pm

Oh, Lovely: The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies Is Spreading
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First comes the unscratchable itching, and the angry blossoming of hives. Then stomach cramping, and—for the unluckiest few—difficulty breathing, passing out, and even death. In the last decade and a half, thousands of previously protein-loving Americans have developed a dangerous allergy to meat. And they all have one thing in common: the lone star tick.

https://www.wired.com/story/lone-star-tick-that-gives-people-meat-allergies-may-be-spreading/