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. Pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki first noticed the disease in the 1960s as a junior doctor when he began treating children with fever, red eyes and a rash with no clear cause. The disease “occurs worldwide, with the highest incidence in Japan, and it most often affects boys and younger children,” the CDC said. However, scientists are yet to confirm a meaningful link between Kawasaki disease and the pandemic. But he died in a hospital in Tokyo “due to his advanced age,” said the Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center, which the physician led until last year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 10, 2020 09:11 UTC