Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...

GAUHATI, India -- A comb. A toothbrush. A bangle. A cotton scarf -- protection from the summer heat now used as a face mask. The personal belongings of cremated covid-19 victims lie strewn around the ...

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According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), 56 percent of Americans who died in 2020 were cremated. That's more than twice the rate two decades ago. From The Washington Post: ...

At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her kids when the first call about Desmond Tutu came in. “I answered my cell phone, and it was BBC World News, ...

In his half-century in the death business, Richard Moylan has never experienced years like these. As president of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery, he spends his days managing the historic site where ...

Americans are increasingly choosing cremation over burial, making it the new norm for end-of-life practices, a funeral industry report finds. Demand for cremation — the disposal of a body using flame ...

Reporting from Sacramento — Assemblyman Jeff Miller needed one more vote last spring on his bill to legalize “bio-cremation,” a chemical process that he called a water-based alternative to ...

Human teeth resist burning during cremation because of their calcium phosphate composition, requiring extremely high temperatures for full incineration. Teeth and some bones often remain intact.

GAUHATI, India -- A comb. A toothbrush. A bangle. A cotton scarf -- protection from the summer heat now used as a face mask. The personal belongings of cremated covid-19 victims lie strewn around the ...