Trump Order Creates NIH Division and White House Task Force on Women’s Health

Roanoke Lynchburg, VA, October 19, 2026 —

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in Washington aimed at boosting federal research into women’s health, according to the available account of the action. The order establishes a new division at the National Institutes of Health and a task force at the White House.

The announcement identifies the two new bodies but does not provide their names, leadership, membership or specific responsibilities. It also does not detail which areas of women’s health research they will address or how the order will affect existing federal programs.

The order’s signing date was not provided. No funding amount, implementation schedule or other provisions were specified in the information available. It is therefore unclear from the account how the new division and task force will coordinate their work, or what steps they are expected to take after their creation.

The National Institutes of Health is the federal institution identified in the account as the home of the new division. The White House task force is the second structure established by the order. The available details do not indicate whether either body will include representatives from outside the federal government.

The action’s stated purpose is to boost federal research into women’s health. Further details about the order’s scope and execution were not provided, including whether it sets research priorities or establishes reporting requirements.

Story summarized from the original created by BILL BARROW, Associated Press on www.wfxrtv.com, see more information here.

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