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A field hospital tent for suspected COVID-19 patient triage was set up outside the emergency department of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California. A surge in deaths has prompted the county to lift environmental limits on the

Cremation Limits Lifted In LA Due To 'Backlog' As COVID-19 Deaths Skyrocket

Jan 19, 2021

Air quality limits on cremations are temporarily suspended in Los Angeles because of increased demand due to COVID-19. Officials say the death rate is now more than double that of pre-pandemic years.

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Zhang Hai stands on a bridge where he took his father out for a walk only about four months earlier. His father died of the novel coronavirus on Feb. 1. "The scenery is still here, but the person is gone," he sighs. He says he frequently comes to this pa

The New Rules For Mourners In Wuhan Have Angered Many Residents

Apr 10, 2020

Zhang Hai's father died of the coronavirus on Feb. 1 and was cremated. Ashes can now be picked up, but the government requires a chaperone for visits to the crematorium as well as for burials.

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Las Vegas Funeral Home Pioneers Greener Chemical Cremation

Aug 08, 2019

Dead people, it is said, are beyond caring.

Apparently, that does not extend to concern about the planet.

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Alex DeGeorgey (left) and Mike Newland survey the search area of Lampi's home after the dogs narrowed the location of where Lampi's mother's ashes were likely to be found. They use delicate archaeological digging methods to recover the ashes without dist

Forensic Search Dogs Sniff Out Human Ashes In Wildfire Wreckage

Feb 03, 2018

Cremated loved ones were in some of the thousands of homes incinerated by wildfires in October. Archaeologists and search dogs are now looking for lost urns and human cremains among the rubble.

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The columbarium where cremated remains are kept at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Vatican: Don't Scatter Cremation Ashes, And Don't Keep Them At Home

Oct 25, 2016

New guidelines from the Roman Catholic Church note that the practice of cremation is increasing and recommend that ashes be buried in "cemeteries and other sacred places."