President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on Monday focused on advancing the study of women's health. The order aims to enhance data collection, improve funding opportunities for biomedical research, and address the historical underfunding and understudy of women's health. Despite women constituting half of the population, medical research has predominantly focused on men throughout history, with women only being mandated to be included in federally funded research in the 1990s.
Currently, research often fails to adequately track gender differences and represent women equally, especially concerning illnesses more prevalent in women. The executive order seeks to rectify these disparities by promoting more comprehensive research on women's health conditions.
