🐞 Lone-star tick activity is still climbing across the Ohio Valley, widening where alpha-gal — a tick-bite allergy to red meat — is a risk.
Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio are at the core.
ALT Illustration of an Ohio Valley field where a parent checks a child for ticks; a US map shades the Ohio Valley for alpha-gal tick risk. Labels read ALPHA-GAL and Ohio Valley.