Trump orders new women's health division at NIH
On Monday, the president issued a directive broadening federal women's health studies, setting up a new division within the NIH and a task force at the White House. The move also ends a Biden-era program, and critics called it hypocritical.
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What happened
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday creating a women's health division within the National Institutes of Health. The order also establishes a White House women's health task force, a move pushed by first lady Melania Trump. The NIH division is to be set up within 90 days and focus on conditions that affect women uniquely or disproportionately.
Why it matters
The order aims to expand federal research on women's health. Priorities named include endometriosis, heart disease and menopause.
Timeline
- Oct 19, 11:09 AM ET: Trump signs an executive order aimed at boosting federal women's health research, backed by Melania Trump.
- Oct 19, 12:51 PM ET: The order sets up a task force led by White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Oct 19, 11:56 PM ET: The NIH women's health division is ordered to be created within 90 days, covering conditions such as endometriosis, heart disease and menopause.
Coverage
- US Orders New Women’s Health Research Division: Endometriosis, Heart Disease and Menopause Among Key Priorities (nationpathindia.com)
- New NIH Women's Health Division Ordered Within 90 Days: What the Policy Covers (aktualita.co)
- Trump Signs Women’s Health Order: Melania’s 5 Pillars of Innovation Explained (Rachel V Thomas)
- President Trump Signs Order To Expand Women's Health Research, Establish New NIH Division (indicanews.com)
- Trump signs order to boost women's health (morungexpress.com)
- Advancing Women's Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life (akingump.com)
- Executive order directs NIH to create women's health division (contemporaryobgyn.net)
- 'Blatant Hypocrisy': Trump Signs Executive Order on Women’s Health—While Attacking Women's Health (https://www.facebook.com/32109457015)
- What’s in Trump’s new women’s health executive order? (Lois M. Collins)
- RFK Jr Leading ‘Women's Health Task Force’ Like Fox Guarding Henhouse (ashoup)
- Trump orders creation of NIH division, task force on women’s health (statnews.com)
- Trump launches women’s health initiative at National Institutes of Health (NBC News)
- Trump EO creates new NIH division, White House task force centered on women’s health (fiercehealthcare.com)
- Trump signs executive order creating women's health division within NIH (CBS News)
- Donald Trump signs executive order creating NIH task force as Melania unveils 'new standard for women's health in America' (New York Post)
- Trump signs order aimed at boosting women's health research, backed by the first lady (abc7news.com)
- Donald and Melania Trump to announce joint effort to boost women’s health (The Washington Post)
- Trump set to sign women's health order Melania helped shape (kmph.com)
- Melania Trump pushed Trump on women’s health overhaul -- Exclusive (USA Today)
- Trump Signs Order Aimed at Boosting Women's Health Research (AP)
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