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The Trump administration reversed decades of research on women’s health and restored financial support.
The National Institutes of Health Institutes began the study, called the Women’s Health Program (WHI) in the early 1990s, since the early 1990s, because most medical studies have been conducted on men to understand women’s health needs.
Whi researchers were notified earlier this week that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to terminate contracts in September with four regional centers in California, New York, Ohio and North Carolina.
HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon told NPR that the Trump administration chose to cut funding for the program because the National Institutes of Health “initially exceeded its internal target of cutting contracts.”
The White House ordered HHS to cut its 35% spending on contracts earlier this month to ensure that the agency’s funds are used effectively.
The move quickly shocked the scientific community and elected officials, with many calling on the government to reverse its decision.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (RN.Y.) posted on social media platform x.
“The decision should be reversed and a more thoughtful and intentional approach to identifying savings must be taken,” she continued.
According to the program’s website, the program’s clinical research provides more effective treatments for diseases such as breast cancer and cardiovascular disease in women.
In the mid-1990s, more than 160,000 women participated in the WHI study, and more than 40,000 women were still participating.
HHS decided to support a decades-old research series later Thursday. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr convened a report on the agency’s decision to withdraw funds from the program “fake news.”
He wrote on X: “We are not terminating this research.
A HHS spokesman confirmed to Hill that the agency is working to fully restore WHI’s funding, which is “basic research effort.”
“NIH remains committed to promoting public health through rigorous gold standard research, and we are taking immediate steps to ensure the continuity of these studies,” the spokesperson wrote.