Trump promotes executive order creating NIH women's health division and White House task force
Donald Trump shared coverage on Truth Social of an executive order he signed on Monday, US time, setting up a new Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health and a task force co-chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Susie Wiles.
US President Donald Trump used a series of Truth Social posts from 8:49pm GMT on Tuesday 20 October to promote an executive order on women’s health that he signed on Monday, US time.
“Donald Trump signs executive order creating NIH task force as Melania unveils ‘new standard for women’s health in America’” Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, sharing a New York Post headline
In a second post at 9:08pm GMT he shared a New York Times report headlined “Melania Trump Announces White House Women’s Health Initiative”.
The order, published by the White House, directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set up a new Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within 90 days. HHS said the division will research conditions including heart disease, cancer, endometriosis, infertility, menopause, Alzheimer’s disease and osteoporosis, and push for more women and girls in clinical trials.
The order also creates a White House Women’s Health Task Force, co-chaired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. NBC News reported that the new division will not replace NIH’s existing Office of Research on Women’s Health.
“For generations, women have faced unanswered questions about conditions that uniquely or disproportionately affect them,” Kennedy said in an HHS statement, crediting the First Lady’s leadership. NIH director Jay Bhattacharya said the division “will help close lingering evidence gaps”.
Truth Social blocks automated screenshots and the posts were not shared on X, so they are quoted and linked instead.
See also: Trump’s Kansas rally posts on a $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’.
Sources
- Post by Donald J. Trump on Truth Social (women's health executive order) · Truth Social
- Post by Donald J. Trump on Truth Social (Melania Trump women's health initiative) · Truth Social
- Advancing Women's Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life · The White House
- President Trump Signs Historic Executive Order to Advance Women's Health, Championed by First Lady Melania Trump · US Department of Health and Human Services
- Trump launches women's health initiative at National Institutes of Health · NBC News
- Trump signs EO to create women's health NIH division, task force · Fierce Healthcare
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