A JetBlue pilot’s illness looked like food poisoning, but it was actually an increasingly common tick-borne meat allergy that can be fatal. By Joseph Goldstein The 47-year-old JetBlue pilot went to a ...
The man died in September 2024 just hours after consuming a hamburger. A New Jersey man is believed to be the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites.