In the first Italian town hit by Covid five years ago, a lasting trauma and an entire generation lost
Codogno, the small Lombardy town of 15,000 inhabitants and nine neighboring municipalities, suddenly became Europe's first ...
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This doctor just endured the deadliest week of his career
Dr. Joseph Varon hasn’t had a day off in months. Friday was his 134th consecutive day leading the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center. “If you ask me how the hell ...
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Contagion of Fear
On March 14, New York City announced its first death from COVID-19. It quickly became the epicenter of the global pandemic. One over-burdened hospital at the heart of the outbreak struggled to ...
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Kansas hospital shares video inside morgue to show number of deaths from COVID increasing
The NFL playoffs kicked off on Saturday, but the Kansas City Chiefs have to wait another week for their playoff campaign to start. It’s leaving fans with mixed feelings.
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What it's like to be a funeral worker during the coronavirus pandemic
But this pandemic has impacted even how we mourn. And as New York City becomes the US's epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, "deathcare" workers are struggling to keep up. Dave Mosher: The funeral ...
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From Wuhan to Coventry: Tracking the coronavirus in pictures
(John Minchillo / AP) As New York City dealt with a mounting coronavirus death toll and dwindling morgue space, the city shortened the amount of time it would hold unclaimed remains before they ...
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COVID-19: Novel coronavirus deaths surpass 1,000 in B.C. as coroners service deploys morgue truck on back-up basis
That lifts the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,010 ... the B.C. Coroners Service has revealed that one refrigerated morgue truck is available on a back-up basis in the Fraser Health ...
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With increased morgue bills, Covid-19 adds more pain to the bereaved
Families of those who have died of Covid-19 have been forced to dig deeper into their pockets for mortuary expenses after funeral homes increased body storage charges. Apart from paying for ...
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From Fields to Field Hospitals
After the arrival of the coronavirus, he switched to fixing the thermal roofing at a temporary morgue in East London. "When you get to see it firsthand ... there was the scaffolding ready for ...