A New Jersey man died after developing a rare meat allergy linked to tick bites, becoming the first documented case of Alpha Gal Syndrome leading to a fatal outcome.
They're panic-inducing, bloodsucking, and disgusting, and summer is their season. Ticks. If you've seen one lately, and happened to take a photo of it, you could be of assistance to Rutgers University.
Ticks are nasty little creatures. Blood sucking creatures, literally, and summer is their season. But not everything we've heard about the insects are true. We're debunking some myths.