Trump signs executive order on women's health

President Donald Trump has set up a women's health office inside the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force on the subject, CBS News · The Independent and The Independent report. The order was announced Monday at a Rose Garden event with first lady Melania Trump, whom the president credited with the idea. The Independent adds that she shaped the plan after talking with physicians, administration staff, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and her husband.

According to The Independent, chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently finished breast cancer treatment, and Kennedy will head the task force. It singles out maternal health, mental health and endometriosis, and also names Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, heart disease and stroke. Neither outlet describes funding commitments: The Independent says the order sets no specific goals, while CBS News · The Independent says it is unclear how much money will go to research. Melania Trump said the effort would "change the reality of women's health."

The Independent notes the event came weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, with Trump's approval slipping among women, including independents.

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