The FDA will advance its review of Moderna’s previously rejected flu vaccine after the company met with regulators and amended its application. Moderna proposes full approval for ages 50–64 and accelerated approval for those 65 and older with a required additional study in older adults.
Teoscar Hernández lost 12 pounds while training in Tampa with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and will move back to left field as he pursues a Gold Glove.
NASA and SpaceX moved the Crew-12 launch to Feb. 12 pending weather, which would restore the ISS to seven crew after it has operated with three since mid-January.
Chicago’s City Council unanimously codified the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism after student-led lobbying, while New York City recently reversed its prior adoption under Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
A Reddit user in New Jersey said they mistook a palm-sized tortoiseshell kitten for a black sock on a road; the post on r/IllegallySmolCats gained more than 14,000 upvotes and the poster said the kitten was later adopted by their aunt and named Harley.
Alysa Liu says she and her father were targeted in an alleged Chinese spy operation before the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and U.S. authorities provided protection.
Childcaring Inc. awarded Building Blocks Learning Center a $100,000 capacity-building grant to expand classrooms, add child care slots, improve facilities and strengthen staffing supports; the funds were provided through Wood County’s allocation of American Rescue Plan Act relief funds.
Emma Heming Willis says she is caring for her husband, Bruce Willis, who has frontotemporal dementia nearly three years after his diagnosis, and she highlights the heavy unpaid, often unseen labor of dementia caregiving.
This edition of The Stroller lists community events across the Alle-Kiski Valley for Feb. 18, 2026, including a drive-thru dinner at Peoples Library in New Kensington and volunteer needs such as Vandergrift Meals On Wheels seeking drivers and delivery helpers.
The article reports that Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. died at age 84 during Black History Month. The author describes how Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and long activism profoundly influenced his life while also noting controversies and later health decline.
