RFK Jr. Warns Against Vaccinating Chickens for Bird Flu

‘It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds,’ the health secretary says.
RFK Jr. Warns Against Vaccinating Chickens for Bird Flu
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Feb. 26, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised against providing vaccines to poultry amid a bird flu outbreak that has caused a steep increase in egg prices in recent months.

In an interview with Fox News on March 11, Kennedy said his primary concern with providing shots to egg-laying chickens is that the vaccine doesn’t provide complete protection against avian influenza.
Jack Phillips
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