A record 135 people in Japan have so far been diagnosed with a potentially fatal tick-borne disease in 2025, figures from a national health research body showed Tuesday.Preliminary data from the Japan Institute for Health Security showed cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, topped the previous record of 134 people in 2023. More than 10 people have been confirmed to have died of the viral infectious disease this year.The disease is passed to humans via tick bites or the blood of an infected person or animal. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is urging people…READ FULL ARTICLE
