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The General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Health Care on Wednesday recommended making no changes to the state’s regulations on possible exemptions, including religious reasons, for otherwise-mandatory school vaccinations. (Demeria, 11/9)

An ongoing legal battle and a contentious political race in West Virginia have put a renewed spotlight on the role of giant drug distributors, including Cardinal Health, in fighting the opioid epidemic. (Rose, 11/9)

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not reconsider a decision rejecting arbitration in a lawsuit about injuries suffered by a nursing-home resident. (11/9)

Texas Health and Human Services Commission officials listened to wide-ranging testimony about miscarriages, grief, loss and the need for human dignity Wednesday as they continue mulling a rule that would require cremation or interment of aborted or miscarried fetuses. (Evans, 11/9)

Dozens of people have been treated downtown over the past several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug, officials said Wednesday.“ People were standing and walking around like zombies,” said St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson. “They didn’t know what they were doing or where they were at.”Some were found lying in the streets and on sidewalks. Most of those overdosing appeared to be homeless, Jenkerson said, and most were in the area of New Life Evangelistic Center on Locust Street or the nearby Central Library branch. (Hollinshed and Bogan, 11/10)