The Millvale Community Library is creating intentional space for tea, pastries and candid conversations about death at its Death Cafe.

Strangers in San Francisco are gathering over cake and tea to chat — about dying. Why it matters: As anxiety about longevity ...

In early August, Christina Werner, a retired operating room nurse, met up with a close friend for a walk through the redwoods in Marin County. It’s a common pastime for many people in the Bay Area, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Surdoval’s husband Wally Schauer was diagnosed with cancer and decided to end his life with medical aid in dying Surdoval ...

As the executive director of the York Community Service Association, Michelle Surdoval helped establish a death cafe in York so people could have conversations about death. She later found the ...

Thinking of death was almost cliché in weather like this, but it was also unavoidable. In the span of a few months, I’d lost ...

The concept of death occupies a complicated place in American minds, especially when compared with other societies. In Ghana, the dead are honored with elaborately carved coffins representing the ...

Death may be a taboo topic for some, but people in Lancaster County want to start the conversation. Dozens of people have come to local Death Cafes over the past few years. A café is a discussion ...

Strangers in Pittsburgh are coming together over cake and tea to chat about death. Why it matters: As anxiety about longevity and end-of-life care grows, death cafes are normalizing conversations ...

In early August, Christina Werner, a retired operating room nurse, met up with a close friend for a walk through the redwoods in Marin County. It’s a common pastime for many people in the Bay Area, ...