Missouri and Oklahoma are joining more than a dozen states tracking a tick-borne condition associated with a severe red meat allergy, as tick populations surge across the United States.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill this month directing state health officials to report laboratory-confirmed alpha-gal cases starting on Nov. 1. Under a health care omnibus bill awaiting Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s signature, Missouri health officials would be required to report instances of alpha-gal syndrome to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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