New tradition-defying funeral service in Sydney
UK – Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live day-to-day, concludes a rare study of
USA – An urban-rural mortality gap emerges among whites as risky behaviors work to defy modern trends.
UK – PHE says less effective flu vaccine may have contributed to largest percentage rise in deaths since 1968.
USA – A woman is suing Alabama for right to sell ‘green’ caskets. Only funeral directors can legally do this.
UK – Autistic people without a learning disability have a nine times higher than average premature mortality rate
USA – Out of a collection of 6.5 million obituaries, more than 5 million of them chose the term ‘passed away’.
USA – Most people avoid the topics of aging and dying like the plague. Erica Hollack, author of “Live Well, Die Well,”
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears,
CHINA – A new business in Shanghai gives a startling simulation of what it’s like to be born and to die.