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The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
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The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

The New Yorker · Jun 29, 2026, 10:00 AM

Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.

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