Teenager first Australian to die of meat allergy after tick bite

An Australian teenager has been confirmed to be the first person in the country, and the second worldwide, to die from a ...

What is mammalian meat allergy and how do you develop it?

Jeremy Webb's death in 2022 from a tick-induced red meat allergy is the first to be recorded in Australia. Here's what we ...

How can a tick bite cause a deadly meat allergy? An expert explains

So when a tick bites, alpha-gal enters the blood stream and in some people prompts the body to produce molecules associated ...

Teenager Jeremy Webb died of meat allergy from tick bites, coroner finds

Jeremy Webb's death in 2022 is the first documented fatal case of mammalian meat allergy in the country and second in the ...

Teen dies eating sausages in Australian first

Jeremy Webb was on a trip with three friends on the Central Coast when he ate beef sausages that had been cooked over a ...

Teenager’s death linked to tick-induced red meat allergy

Teenager’s death linked to tick-induced red meat allergy - ...
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Data uncovers new tick threat times for Australian pets

University of Queensland research reveals that spring, rather than summer, is the peak time for tick paralysis in dogs and cats and there are cases year-round. A team led by Professor Stephen Barker ...