Female surgeons have lower rates of long-term adverse outcomes than their male peers, study finds statnews.com/2023/08/30/sur… via STAT

I really appreciated this one - "Adorable Little Detonators - Our friendship survived bad dates, illness, marriage, fights. Why can’t it survive your baby?" thecut.com/article/adult-…

"Poor life expectancy is the predictable result of the society we have created and tolerated: one riddled with lethal elements, such as inadequate insurance, minimal preventive care, bad diets, and a weak economic safety net." washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

A French backpacker who disappeared while backpacking in Bangladesh in 2017 has been confirmed dead.

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My latest from Western North Carolina - Veterans find purpose in the devastated North Carolina mountains wapo.st/3YLVuIM Many thanks to Max Becherer and Sandra Stevenson for believing in this story.

Veterans find purpose in the devastated North Carolina mountains Allison Joyce wapo.st/4fkqvdP

Guest column by Allison Joyce: “Dozens of veterans heeded the call to help after flooding from Helene devastated mountain towns. Many found the new purpose they had been looking for.” wapo.st/4fly9ou

Fantastic story by The Assembly on the search for a missing Helene victim, 78-year-old Yancey Co. musician Lenny Widawski. A rescuer nicknamed "Chainsaw Chuck" said, "If your daughter was in that hole, how deep would you dig? How late would you work?” theassemblync.com/place/missing-…

It’s been nearly three months since Lenny Widawski vanished into the floodwaters, but he’s not counted among the 103 people in North Carolina confirmed dead in Helene’s aftermath. He remains one of the missing. theassemblync.com/place/missing-…

Nearly three months after Hurricane Helene, Yancey County musician Lenny Widawski is still among the missing. Here's my story for The Assembly about the legacy he's left and the dedicated team of volunteers still searching for him. 📷 Allison Joyce. theassemblync.com/place/missing-…

Since Hurricane Helene, one name kept coming up in Yancey County: Lenny. Locals shared stories of his music, kindness, and the heartbreak of his disappearance. Holly Kays and I explored his life and the community that cherishes him. Read more: theassemblync.com/place/missing-…

“When we lost him, we lost the world. That’s how I feel, anyway.” - Peggy Williams, Lenny's longtime partner.

British journalist John Cantlie, abducted in Syria, still hasn't been found 12 years later news.sky.com/story/british-…

Afterlife: Journalists who left the traditional media talk about what they lost and what they gained. cjr.org/business_of_ne… via @cjr

Allison Joyce This one broke my heart “Habiba waits for customers. The 14-year-old has been in a brothel for three years” photo by Allison Joyce

Melissa Truesdale plays the fiddle before a candlelight vigil for victims of Hurricane Helene in Green Mountain, North Carolina. Photo by Allison Joyce

#ThursdayMorning Reading: #ClimateCrisis: “Whether nonprofits actually have the capacity or the ability to step in and fill in the gaps that, in all likelihood, we’re going to be creating is a completely different question.” nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/…

Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and wildfires strike. nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/…

“The bigger the gap from what the government isn’t doing, the more we’re going to need from nonprofits and the larger their role is” “Whether they actually have the capacity or the ability to step in and fill the gaps is a completely different question” nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/…