Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection Continues To Spread in Japan

A rare tissue-damaging and highly fatal bacteria is continuing to spread at an alarming rate in Japan. More than 1,000 cases of Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) have been reported in the first half of this year. That’s already higher than the 941 cases reported for the whole of 2023, which was a record number. According to preliminary figures released by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) on June 18, by June 9 there had been 1,019 cases. Between …