Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-06-11 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require public institutions of higher education that receive grants under the Medical Student Education program to include training for medical students relating to menopause in the curriculums of such institutions, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with healthcare-workforce: Both proposals target the federal knowledge base on menopause — one via mandatory medical school curriculum tied to HHS grants, the other via VA/DoD research on servicewomen and veterans. (novelty: 2)
2025-04-08 — Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act: HR2717 (Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act) introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the House Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs Committees, directing federal attention to menopause-related research for active-duty servicewomen and women veterans; no program details or appropriations specified at introduction. (novelty: 2)