DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — While funeral homes are doing services differently now due to the pandemic, some are also taking extra safety precautions when embalming bodies. According to Sunset Memorial ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (CN) - The state's attorney general has filed a suit seeking to shut down a funeral home that allowed bodies to be stored without refrigeration or embalming more than 10 months. A recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a life ends, those who remain deal with the body. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Upwards of 2.8 million people die every ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

For millennia, humans have used different methods to preserve the deceased, from Egyptian mummification to modern embalming. While embalming is common in the United States, there is growing interest ...