A red meat allergy caused by ticks is rising in the U.S. Health Canada says it's rare here

Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. are estimated to have developed an allergy to red meat as a result of a tick bite. The bug behind this, the lone star tick, has already been found in Canada, but Health Canada said cases here have been rare. 

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