A man from New Jersey is believed to be the first person to die from a meat allergy triggered by a tick bite , medical researchers confirmed this week.

After months of investigation, a team of scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine determined the 47-year-old airline pilot died from alpha-gal syndrome , an allergy to red meat and other products from mammals that can unknowingly develop after a tick bite.

According to researchers, the man, who has not been identified, had two extreme reactions to eating beef in the summer of 2024, after he’d been bitten multiple times by lone star ticks.

In the first incident, he experienced severe diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain about four hours after having a steak during a camping trip with his family. Despite telling on

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