Jill Biden to lead new initiative boosting research into women's health

President Joe Biden signs a presidential memorandum that will establish the first-ever White House Initiative on Women's Health Research, in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov 13, 2023. [AP Photo]

The Biden administration on Monday announced a White House initiative to improve how the federal government approaches and funds research into the health of women, who make up more than half of the U.S. population but remain understudied and underrepresented in health research.

That underrepresentation can lead to big gaps in research and potentially serious consequences for the health of women across the country, Biden administration officials and others told reporters during a White House conference call to announce the new effort.