A new tick making Nebraskans allergic to... red meat?

  • The lone star tick may have infected nearly 500,000 Americans, experts estimate. The tick, which has made its way to Nebraska in part due to climate change and development, is now sickening some Nebraskans – and making some allergic to red meat. Joshua Allen
    The lone star tick may have infected nearly 500,000 Americans, experts estimate. The tick, which has made its way to Nebraska in part due to climate change and development, is now sickening some Nebraskans – and making some allergic to red meat. Joshua Allen

    by Michael Wunder, Flatwater Free Press A roast beef sandwich sent Katie Voelker to the hospital in June 2022.

    Six hours after dinner, she woke in the middle of the night with hives, an itchy throat, n…