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Teen's Death Highlights Deadly Tick-Induced Meat Allergy Risk

2/26/2026

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Jeremy Webb, a 16-year-old from New South Wales, Australia, died in June 2022 after eating beef sausages while camping, marking the first confirmed Australian death from tick-induced mammalian meat allergy (alpha-gal syndrome).
A coronial inquest later found that anaphylaxis from alpha-gal syndrome caused his fatal asthma attack.
Experts estimate a 50% chance of developing alpha-gal syndrome after two tick bites.

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Jeremy Webb, a 16-year-old from New South Wales, Australia, died in June 2022 after eating beef sausages while camping, marking the first confirmed Australian death from tick-induced mammalian meat allergy (alpha-gal syndrome).
A coronial inquest later found that anaphylaxis from alpha-gal syndrome caused his fatal asthma attack.
Experts estimate a 50% chance of developing alpha-gal syndrome after two tick bites.