A new pest is making Nebraskans allergic to … red meat?

A roast beef sandwich sent Katie Voelker to the hospital in June 2022.

Six hours after dinner, she woke in the middle of the night with hives, an itchy throat, nausea and dizziness.

“I had no idea what was happening to me,” the Lincoln resident said. “So I had my husband rush me to the hospital, worried my throat was going to close up.”