Syphilis spreads while researchers contend with federal constraints and a drug shortage
Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article Highlights UCSD researchers have spent years building trust in communities of unhoused people who use drugs in San Diego and across the border in Tijuana. Since spring, some 10% of their research participants have been found to have active syphilis — cases that might otherwise have gone undiagnosed and untreated. A friend told her there was a place they could go with free fruit gummies, granola bars, and rice crispy treats — and she could make $20 if she answered some survey questions.
- ▪Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article Highlights UCSD researchers have spent years building trust in communities of unhoused people who use drugs in San Diego and across the border in Tijuana.
- ▪Since spring, some 10% of their research participants have been found to have active syphilis — cases that might otherwise have gone undiagnosed and untreated.
- ▪A friend told her there was a place they could go with free fruit gummies, granola bars, and rice crispy treats — and she could make $20 if she answered some survey questions.
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| Publication time | Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000 |
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University of California, San Diego, outreach coordinator Carlos Vera (left) hands out naloxone in downtown San Diego.Sandy Huffaker for STAT Health Syphilis spreads while researchers contend with federal constraints and a drug shortage End to cross-border collaboration makes infections easier to miss By Eric BoodmanJuly 31, 2026 Eric Boodman[email protected]Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article Highlights UCSD researchers have spent years building trust in communities of unhoused people who use drugs in San Diego and across the border in Tijuana.
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