内容摘要：Bambi and her black boa, a whisper from her glamorous past. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Bambi and her black boa, a whisper from her glamorous past. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Some people who develop a weird and terrifying allergy to red meat after

can still eat pork from a surprising source:created for organ transplant research.Don’t look for it in grocery stores. The company that bred these special pigs shares its small supply, for free, with allergy patients.

“We get hundreds and hundreds of orders,” said David Ayares, who heads Revivicor Inc., as he opened a freezer jammed with packages of ground pork patties, ham, ribs and pork chops.The allergy is called alpha-gal syndrome, named for a sugar that’s present in the tissues of nearly all mammals - except for people and some of our primate cousins. It can cause a serious reaction hours after eating beef, pork or any other red meat, or certain mammalian products such as milk or gelatin.

David Ayares, president and chief scientific officer of Revivicor, holds a package of frozen meat during an interview at the company’s offices in Blacksburg, Va., on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

David Ayares, president and chief scientific officer of Revivicor, holds a package of frozen meat during an interview at the company’s offices in Blacksburg, Va., on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)Mexico’s lone death from measles was a 31-year-old Mennonite man in the settlement who had diabetes and high blood pressure, underlying conditions that often complicate sicknesses.

People wait to get vaccinated for measles at a health center in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)People wait to get vaccinated for measles at a health center in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)

Most people in Indigenous and other communities quickly agreed to vaccinate, officials told AP, but in Mennonite areas crews have to do more vigorous outreach — the door-to-door visits, follow-up calls and conversations, and involvement of local leaders.In Cuauhtemoc’s settlement, that’s leaders like Jacob Dyck Penner. As colony president, he and other leaders closed school for two weeks to slow infections, have made a push to show residents they’re working with health authorities, and are encouraging vaccination.