Amid efforts to restrict mifepristone access, here's what studies say about the medication - PolitiFact

Out of about 11,000 medication abortion cases examined in that study, 5.2% had complications, and most were "minor and expected," it said. Major complications occurred in 35 cases, or 0.3%. …

 https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/may/26/medication-abortion-mifepristone-safety-studies/

 

More kids with the flu are getting severely ill or dying as vaccine rates fall, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/flu-vaccines-children-complication-cdc-deaths-rcna233436 

 

UCSF study shows health complications due to post-Roe abortion laws - The Washington Post

Patients "are being harmed in significant ways because care is being denied or delayed," said Daniel Grossman, a professor at UCSF and the lead author of the report. "These laws are having a broader impact beyond people who are seeking abortion because they have an undesired pregnancy." 

The findings include examples of one patient who developed a severe infection after she was sent home from the hospital, leaving her in critical condition — and another who could not obtain an abortion for a Caesarean scar ectopic pregnancy, a life-threatening condition where a pregnancy implants in the scar of a prior Caesarean section...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/16/ucsf-abortion-study/

5 New Things We Learned About COVID In February 2022 | HuffPost Life

…4. People's risk of mental health disorders may increase after COVID…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-things-covid-february-2022_l_621d1bb3e4b0d1388f190e98