A New Jersey man has died in the first documented fatal case of alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by tick bites.
In September 2024, the 47-year-old man collapsed and fell unconscious around four hours after eating a hamburger at a barbeque, doctors wrote in a report of the case. Despite attempts by the man's son and paramedics to resuscitate him, he was declared dead later that night after being transferred to a hospital.
