Nearly a quarter of adults in states crawling with lone star ticks are estimated to have alpha-gal antibodies in their blood, a CDC report estimates.

"Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life."

Nearly a quarter of adults in states crawling with lone star ticks are estimated to have alpha-gal antibodies in their blood, a CDC report estimates.