$200 Million to Help Advance Women’s Health Under New Executive Order

Plus, Jill Biden meets with military families and continues campaign fundraising while Melania Trump tells a reporter to “stay tuned.”

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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden watches as her husband, President Joe Biden, signs an executive order to advance women’s health. (Photo: The White House)

This week President Joe Biden signed a new executive order with the first lady looking over his shoulder that will direct the most comprehensive set of executive actions ever taken to expand and improve research on women’s health. These directives, according to the White House, will ensure women’s health is integrated and prioritized across federal research and budget, and will galvanize new research on a wide range of topics, including women’s midlife health.

The President and first lady announced more than 20 new actions and commitments by federal agencies, including through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Th…