Moscow, Aug. 6 -- The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the US Department of Health, canceled over 1,800 research grants from February to June 2025, which is a violation of the country's laws, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.

"Congress appropriated amounts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out various research objectives for fiscal year 2025. In accordance with several executive orders, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agencies, including NIH, began canceling existing grants. Following these directives, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) terminated over 1,800 grants between February 2025 and June 2025," the GAO said in a statement.

The statement added that b...