Missouri bill would require reporting, tracking of alpha-gal syndrome

By: Steph Quinn

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 805

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

When Josh Hammann started having severe breathing problems in the spring of 2023, emergency room doctors were convinced he was having panic attacks.

They gave him medication to treat anxiety, but his wife, Megan, said that only made him sicker.

“Of course, that medication had alpha-gal in it,” she told The Independent.

Hammann, of Cole County, and other Missourians whose lives have been upended by alpha-gal syndrome, urged state lawmakers this week to advance a …

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