Trump Order Establishes NIH Women’s Health Division and White House Task Force
President Trump signed an executive order establishing a new Women's Health Division within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a White House Women's Health Task Force. The initiative aims to strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women…
Little Rock Pine Bluff, AR, October 19, 2026 —
President Trump signed an executive order creating a Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health and a White House Women’s Health Task Force, according to the available summary of the order.
The initiative is intended to strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for women and girls across all life stages. The summary does not provide further details about the division’s responsibilities, the task force’s membership or how the two bodies will coordinate their work.
The order also revokes previous executive actions on women’s health research by the Biden administration. The summary does not identify those actions or explain how their revocation will affect existing research programs or policies.
Details about the order’s signing date, implementation timeline, funding, leadership and specific measures were not provided. The summary also does not specify whether the new division or task force will receive dedicated resources, or how progress toward the initiative’s stated aims will be assessed.
The order establishes the two bodies and sets out a broad aim for women’s health research and care. Further information would be needed to determine the practical changes it will bring to NIH operations or to health services for women and girls.
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