In Tick, Tick, Boom! Zac Stritch-Hoddle speaks with world-renowned researchers and medical professionals to better understand the mysterious link between tick bites and allergic reactions to mammalian products such as beef and pork. What starts with one doctor’s discovery in a small group of people in Sydney, Australia, goes on to implicate everything from vaccine development, cancer treatment, and a revolutionary change in our understanding of how allergies work.