Kawasaki disease

Japanese doctor who discovers ‘Kawasaki disease’ dies at 95

Japanese doctor who discovers ‘Kawasaki disease’ dies at 95

The Japanese doctor who discovered the mysterious “Kawasaki’s disease” ― recently in the headlines for some similarities to coronavirus ― has died of natural causes aged 95, his research NGO said Wednesday. Paediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki first noticed the disease in the 1960s as a junior doctor when he began treating children with fever, red eyes, […]