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Come Thursday, Ohio will expand its list of eligible Ohioans who can sign up to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Phase 1C includes those with Type 1...

Dr. Thomas Gilson, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, announced Friday he has requested refrigerated trucks in preparation for a surge in COVID-19 deaths. The request is part of the county’s pandemic plan, which requires them to ask for refrigerated units if the county reaches three sustained days of 30 or more deaths. The county reached that threshold in the last week, Gilson said. “In conversations with funeral homes, they are reporting they are busy but not overwhelmed. There is not a storage issue right now,” Gilson said.

Federal regulators have found about 1 in 4 funeral homes don't disclose their general price lists as required by the 1984 rule.

An NPR investigation finds the death care industry can often be confusing and unhelpful to consumers who must make high-priced decisions at a time of grief and financial stress.