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Jessica Wapner

Jessica Wapner is a freelance science writer and the author of The Philadelphia Chromosome (2013). She lives in New York.

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A man holding up multiple vials and a test kit, the background is blurred and the focus is on the items in his hands.

essayIllness and disease

Southern brew

A second hurricane is battering New Orleans, this time it is an HIV catastrophe whipped up by prejudice and poverty

Jessica Wapner

A musician in a white shirt playing an electric guitar on stage with a drummer in the background and colourful lights.

essayDance and theatre

For a song

At the O+ festival, musicians and artists barter their talents for medical care. A new social contract in action?

Jessica Wapner