RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine obsession and fear of MAHA derailed bird flu containment plan Politico | October 22, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/22/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-obsession-and-fear-of-maha-derailed-bird-flu-containment-plan/ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine views helped push the Agriculture Department to shelve its plan for vaccinating poultry against avian flu, just as wild birds begin the winter migration that spreads the virus. That’s according to five people with direct knowledge of the matter, as Politico’s Rachel Shin and Marcia Brown report.