Welcome to the New Year | FFFW #17
RIP 2020 Wow, that was a trip. We all said that it was going to be the “year of vision,” and it ended up being the year of...
Coronavirus
The DeathTech COVID-19 Research Project Needs Your Input
You may not realize it, but as a deathcare professional working through a global pandemic, you’re making history. Now a team of brilliant minds at Australia’s University of...
Funerals During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Overflowing morgues. Caskets piled in the streets. Cemeteries running out of space. Amid the 1918 flu pandemic, the breakneck speed of the disease forced families to forgo formal...
Coronavirus Concerns Evolving for Deathcare Workers in Asia, Europe, & US
On February 4, Connecting Directors shared the immediate impact the emerging novel coronavirus outbreak was having on Chinese deathcare professionals. Just three weeks later, the death toll has...
Coronavirus Fears Force Funeral Ban and Free Expedited Cremations in China
As the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak steadily increases in China, officials are swiftly adjusting death care practices to prevent further spread of infection. As of...