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Committee adds alpha‑gal syndrome to reportable diseases list after patient testimony
2412386 · February 26, 2025
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Summary
Senate Health and Welfare voted to send legislation adding alpha‑gal syndrome to the Department of Health's reportable-diseases list to the Senate calendar after testimony from a patient who said the condition is undercounted in Tennessee.
The committee approved a bill to add alpha‑gal syndrome — a red‑meat allergy caused by a lone star tick bite — to the Department of Health's published list of reportable diseases and conditions and sent it to the Senate calendar.
Sponsor Sen. Frank Yager described alpha‑gal as a serious allergy linked to the lone star tick found in Tennessee…
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