Kawasaki’s legacy

I READ with interest and sadness the case of John Travolta’s son who died from seizures. It was mentioned that he also had Kawasaki’s disease. I have never heard of this disease before. What is it?

Kawasaki’s disease is also called Kawasaki’s syndrome. It is a disease of childhood. It was first described by a Japanese doctor named Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967.