Traci Mumford

Measles has been the most high profile of those.

But interviews with physicians, along with health data, show that other dangerous diseases are now making a comeback, too.

For example, a pediatrician in Alabama said she'd already treated as many patients with rotavirus this year as she had over the past decade.

The virus, which causes diarrhea, had largely been swept away by vaccines.

Also, cases of whooping cough have quadrupled in recent years.

The surge of preventable diseases comes as vaccination rates in the U.S.

have fallen.

That's in part due to increasing distrust in vaccines that grew during the pandemic and that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

and President Trump have amplified.

Doctors say that even when they're able to treat kids who come in with the diseases, they're often forced to do invasive testing, like spinal taps, or start kids on stronger antibiotics than they might normally use, which can have more side effects.

Beyond childhood vaccines, healthcare workers say they're also seeing broader pushback when it comes to shots.

Several doctors told The Times that a growing number of adults were refusing tetanus shots for themselves or their kids after injuries like cuts, even though roughly 10% of people who get tetanus die.

One ER physician in Minnesota said she'd recently had a patient who refused a tetanus shot after slicing his hand open.

He told her, quote, "'Big Pharma doesn't need my money.'"

And finally... I love you.

Marsha Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor who helped shape iconic movies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Taxi Driver, has died at 80 years old.

Back in the 1960s, she was working in Hollywood when she was assigned to train a fresh film school grad named George Lucas.

The two fell in love, married, and kicked off a years-long creative partnership, where she edited and influenced many of his early blockbusters, starting with American Graffiti.

She was credited with bringing clarity, pacing, and according to Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker himself, she also brought the heart to the films, getting the audience emotionally invested.

For example, she pushed for the gut-punched Star Wars storyline where Obi-Wan Kenobi dies.