A New Jersey man's death is believed to be tied to a bite from a meat allergy-causing tick in a first-of-its-kind case, according to a case study from researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. The ticks' bites have been tied to the development of alpha-gal syndrome, a condition which causes meat to trigger allergic reactions, the researchers explained in the study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in