When warmer temperatures come, so do many species of biting ticks. Many people take precautions to prevent bites to them and their animals, but of particular concern is a species of tick that Kansas harbors: the Lonestar tick.
Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee says a bite from the Lonestar tick can cause a rare allergy – called an Alpha-gal allergy – when infe...
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