Australian teen first person in world known to have to died of meat allergy after tick bite

Coroner finds Jeremy Webb’s death in 2022 caused by mammalian meat allergy – one of only two known cases, with other fatality in US in 2024

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On a June night in 2022, 16-year-old Jeremy Webb was camping with friends on the New South Wales Central Coast, north of Sydney, when he vomited after eating beef sausages.

Struggling to breathe, the teenager ran from the campground to knock on the window of a nearby camper van, and asked the occupants to call an ambulance. Then he collapsed.

Australian teen first person in world known to have to died of meat allergy after tick bite

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