Alpha-gal syndrome, a severe and life-threatening allergy to red meat, has been linked to tick bites in Maine and Washington.

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

It’s getting to be that time of year again when over the next several months, some residents of the Ozarks will have to pluck a tick from their arms, legs or other bodily locations.