Tick that causes food allergy discovered in CT

NEW HAVEN —  There is a tick that is becoming more prominent in Connecticut. And, if you are bitten, you might become allergic to a certain food. Officials from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) in New Haven, said it is seeing an increased number so called Lone Star ticks being brought in for testing. With the name Lone Star, one would assume it has to do with where it was first discovered. “It’s not from Texas,” said State Entomologist […