The curious minds at What If imagine being bitten by a tick carrying unknown pathogens, revealing infection, disease spread, and microscopic dangers.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — While Alpha-gal Syndrome may not be exactly new to West Virginia, the Monongalia County Health Department has confirmed the county’s first official case since the condition ...

You probably get bitten by mosquitoes a couple of times a year. And there's a good chance you've been stung by a hornet at least once in your life. But one creature you don't want to get bitten by is ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by tick bites, according to a government report released Thursday ...

Emergency departments in the Northeast are seeing a surge of tick bite cases this season, according to data from the CDC. And 2025's summer surge of tick bite-related ED visits is now considered the ...

A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Researchers at the University of Virginia School ...

Winter weather and amount of precipitation may have an impact on the tick and mosquito activity during spring and summer ...