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Debt, job loss and eviction weigh on parents of children with long COVID

People gather at the National Covid Memorial Wall on the COVID-19 Day of Reflection, marking 5 years since the start of the pandemic, in London on March 9.

People gather at the National Covid Memorial Wall on the COVID-19 Day of Reflection, marking 5 years since the start of the pandemic, in London on March 9. | REUTERS

By Emma Batha
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mar 18, 2025

London – As a lively 11-year-old, Louise’s son loved riding his bike, building outdoor dens, and swimming in the sea near his home on England’s south coast. But then COVID-19 struck.

He has since spent most of the last three years housebound with long COVID, needing a stair-lift and wheelchair to get around when not bedridden.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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