Alpha-gal Media Library

Videos, Podcasts, Articles from the Popular Press, Informational Websites, Blogs, and Social Media

Videos

Alpha-gal Information Youtube Channel

All the Below Videos and More

Alpha-Gal Syndrome | ADH Public Health Grand Rounds

Allison James DVM, MPH, PhD CDC EIS Field Officer Arkansas Department of Health

Beyond (Red) Meat:
Tick bites, delayed anaphylaxis, and lessons that will impact your practice

Expert Scott Commins, MD PhD grand rounds presentation on alpha-gal syndrome

Bug Bite Can Make You Allergic to Red Meat

From Science Insider
“Who doesn’t love a juicy burger? About 5,000 Americans. And not from dietary preference, but because a single bite bite could cause hives, shortness of breath, or even death. Check out how this uninvited wilderness hitchhikers could put you off steaks for quite some time. Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space, medicine, biotech, physiology, and more.”

Unraveling the Diagnostic Mystery of Alpha-gal Syndrome
A Thermofischer Scientific On-Demand Seminar

An interview with Thomas Platts-Mills, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Viginia. 2023

Note: you need to register to watch this recording.

Tick Talk: “Alpha-Gal Syndrome” with Dr. Scott Commins

Dr. Scott Commins, MD, PhD joins Dr. Stephen Rich, PhD to talk about our current understanding of Alpha-gal syndrome, commonly referred to as “the red meat allergy” and its link to tick bites. May 13, 2020

AAAAI video featuring Scott Commins explaining AGS

Scott Commins on Alpha-gal Meat Allergy

Alpha Gal Meat Allergy: Interview with Prof Michael Levin

Meat Allergy Triggered by a Tick Bite with Erin McGintee, MD

Doctor Mike Airplane Medical Emergency

Chef Struggles Chef struggles with red meat allergy caused by ticks

When Should I Use Epinephrine and Why Am I Afraid to Use It? A Presentation by Jonathan Spergel

Podcasts

The Epidemic You Never Heard of: Alpha-gal Syndrome Part I, Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s Intelligent Medicine Podcast

Interview with the Alpha-gal Information website creator, Sharon Forsyth

The Epidemic You Never Heard of: Alpha-gal Syndrome Part II, Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s Intelligent Medicine Podcast

Interview with the Alpha-gal Information website creator, Sharon Forsyth

Alpha-gal Syndrome, TALKING BIOTECH WITH DR. KEVIN FOLTA • EPISODE 288

Interview with expert Dr. Jeffrey Wilson, UVA, April 17, 2021

The GalSafe Pig and Xenotransplantation, TALKING BIOTECH WITH DR. KEVIN FOLTA • EPISODE 289

Interview with John Bianchi, Revivicor, Apr 24, 2021

Alpha Gal, Radiolab

Interview with alpha-gal syndrome patient, Amy Pearl

Alpha-gal Allergy with Scott Commins, UNC Medical School

Alpha-gal Patient Story, UNC Medical School

It’s Not Just Lyme–the Alpha-gal meat allergy, Tick Boot Camp

A Gal with Alpha-gal: an Interview with Leah Spears-Blackmon

The People’s Pharmacy: Will a Tick Bite Make You Allergic to Meat?

Articles from the Popular Press

Why are so many people getting a meat allergy?

by Maryn McKenna, Mosaic

What the Mystery of the Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Could Reveal: Unraveling why tick bites are suddenly causing a strange reaction in some people who eat meat could help scientists better understand how all allergies work.

By Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times

The Marvels of Tick Saliva

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, July 25, 2019

Profile: Author John Grisham’s Food Allergy Mystery

By Mary Esselman, Allergic Living

I got alpha-gal (the tick-borne disease that’s a hunter’s worst nightmare): what hunters need to know about the red-meat allergy spread by ticks

By Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life

Local Allergist Has Over 500 Patients with Alpha-Gal Meat Allergy From Tick Bites

By Anisah Abdullah

Informational Websites

CDC Alpha-gal Information Website

Dr. Scott Commin’s Alpha-gal Allergy Website

One of the world’s leading experts answers your questions.

Blogs

Darcie Clements Alpha-gal Syndrome Blog

A sophisticated, in-depth look at alpha-gal syndrome and how to adapt to it.

Two Alpha Gals–Fins. Feathers. Friendship

A blog covering recipes, helpful tips, and anecdotes from two friends navigating life with alpha-gal.

Dr. Tina Hatley Merritt’s Blog

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