Deaths in England & Wales at a 12-year high
UK – PHE says less effective flu vaccine may have contributed to largest percentage rise in deaths since 1968.
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,”
CHINA – A new business in Shanghai gives a startling simulation of what it’s like to be born and to die.
SWEDEN — The average number of funeral attendees is now about 24, down from 49 just three decades ago.
UK – Rising cost of basic ceremonies and lack of state support risks ‘return to miserable pauper’s funerals’
UK – New research has shown that sad songs can help people deal with the loss of a loved one.
CHINA – The centuries old Tomb-Sweeping Day or Qingming Festival falls on 4 April this year.