Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84; he had been one of the witnesses to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 and spoke about that day on its 50th anniversary.
Dwayne Johnson posted on Instagram to mark Danny DeVito’s final day filming the upcoming Jumanji sequel, sharing photos of the cast and a brief tribute. The untitled film, reportedly subtitled Cross-Platform, is scheduled for release on 11 December.
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B.C. Cancer has started a Kelowna program led by Dr. Lauren Capozzi to add rehabilitation and structured exercise into patient care from the time of diagnosis, and the program has received about 100 referrals since beginning in September.
A measles outbreak in north‑east London has included at least 34 laboratory‑confirmed cases and hospitalisations among unvaccinated children, while local MMR uptake is reported to be lower than national levels.
Reverend Jesse Jackson died at age 84, his family said he passed peacefully in the early hours of Feb. 17; an official cause of death had not been released at the time of publication.
Biologists captured and fitted a Sierra Nevada red fox with a GPS collar near Mammoth Lakes in January 2026 after a decade of camera, scat and trapping work, following a 2010 camera-trap sighting that confirmed the species persisted.
A health writer reports that a clinical nutritionist lists seven pantry-friendly foods that may support sleep and highlights nutrients such as tryptophan, magnesium, vitamin D, and several B and C vitamins.
Ocular Therapeutix reported that its experimental drug Axpaxli helped a higher share of patients maintain vision at 36 weeks and one year than Regeneron's Eylea in a 344-patient late-stage trial, and the company said it will discuss the data with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted on Feb. 12 to list mountain lions in the Central Coast and Southern California as threatened under the state's Endangered Species Act, extending protections to about 1,400 animals.
