'Spreading like Wildfire': How One KY County Is Grappling with a National Tick-Borne Scourge

Kentucky Lantern

Sep 29, 2026

Discusses the rise of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne disease, in a rural Kentucky region. Describes the higher risks of contracting the disease for farmworkers and others who work outdoors, symptoms, and managing the disease.

Agricultural health and safety · Farmers and farmworkers · Infectious diseases · Kentucky