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President Trump Signs Order Aimed at Boosting Women’s Health Research

The order creates a new National Institutes of Health division and a White House task force while online observers noted the couple’s brief exchange.

  • On Monday, October 19, 2026, President Donald Trump established a Women's Health Division within the National Institutes of Health and 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.
  • Championing the effort, First Lady Melania Trump helped shape the initiative to "strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women and girls," revoking a 2024 executive order regarding women's health research signed by former President Joe Biden.
  • Critics at the National Women's Law Center noted the order lacks specific research-spending targets, pointing to a 2025 law signed by the administration that includes sweeping Medicaid cuts of roughly $1 trillion over 10 years.
  • During the White House Rose Garden ceremony, Melania Trump appeared to turn her head away as Trump leaned in for a kiss, an exchange that drew significant online attention and commentary regarding the couple's body language.
  • With the midterms two weeks away, the new NIH division has 90 days to be established, though the order sets no specific funding target as the GOP seeks to maintain its narrow majority in Congress.
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Irish Star broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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