The Body Issue
“Down to Earth,” by Edward Steed.
This Week’s Pick
a reporter at largeThe Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
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.
"We see them actually pursuing hosts, which is really disconcerting." — Patrick Roden-Reynolds, Martha's Vineyard public-health biologist
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