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Executive order creates NIH Women's Health Division and White House task force, revokes 2024 order

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on October 19, 2026 titled Advancing Women's Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life. The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the NIH Director, to establish a Women's Health Division within 90 days, creates a White House Women's Health Task Force, and revokes Executive Order 14120 of March 18, 2024 and a November 13, 2023 presidential memorandum.

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Key points

  • Section 2 requires the division to work in coordination with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health.The White HouseU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • The Task Force is co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff.The White House
  • Task Force members include the Secretaries of War, Agriculture, Labor, Education and Veterans Affairs and the heads of EPA, FDA, CDC, NIH, ARPA-H and CMS.The White House
  • Section 2 directs the division to develop accountability for grant recipients' adherence to the NIH policy on sex as a biological variable.The White House
  • Section 3 provides that the Department of Health and Human Services funds the administrative costs of the Task Force.The White House
  • The order states it creates no enforceable right or benefit and is implemented subject to the availability of appropriations.The White House

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