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A new JAMA study found that 84% of abortion prescriptions from Aid Access went to patients in states with bans, enabled by “shield laws” protecting telehealth providers across state lines. Provision rates were highest in underserved Southern and Midwestern counties, highlighting telemedicine’s role in maintaining access. A Scientific Reports study showed that large language models for clinical use can be manipulated into giving unsafe answers through subtle “adversarial hallucination attacks,” with success rates over 95%. Finally, JAMA Ophthalmology reported GLP-1 agonists may slightly increase risk of sudden vision loss, though benefits still outweigh risks.