NIH makes taxpayer-funded studies public

• The administration terminated millions of funding for Springer Nature, a scientific publishing behemoth that's long received subscription payments from NIH and other federal agencies, Axios scooped.

Driving the news: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya posted on X that NIH moved up the launch of its open-access policy from December to July 1.

• "The American people should have immediate free access to the science that we so generously fund through the NIH. Starting today, we do," he wrote.

What they're saying: "Science journals are ripping the American people off with exorbitant access fees and extra charges to publish research openly," an HHS spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

• "HHS is working to develop policies that conserve taxpayer dollars and get Americans a better deal. In the meantime, NIH scientists have continued access to all scientific journals."