Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a little-known, life-threatening food allergy triggered by tick bites, could be affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S., the CDC warned in a new report.
When people eat any foods containing the allergens, they can experience serious allergy symptoms within a few hours.
"We have seen an annual increase in the numbers of suspected Alpha-Gal Syndrome cases between 2010 and 2022," she told Fox News Digital. Officially, the CDC has received reports of over 110,000 suspected cases — but it’s believed that the actual number could be as high as 450,000 people.
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