For many people I know, including me, COVID-19 started out as a joke. It shares the same name…
Alexus Jones
Alexus is a columnist at BioNews — the publisher of this site — where she writes about her. experience with Huntington’s disease. Alexus is all too familiar with the disease: her grandfather and mother have it, and she recently learned she does, too. Alexus graduated from MIT with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and minors in health policy and management. Currently, she’s working in life science consulting in the Boston area.
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Articles by Alexus Jones
One summer when I was in middle school, my parents and I went to Florida to visit family.
Huntington’s Is Not My Secret
A few months ago, my boyfriend’s Philosophy of Technology class planned a debate about the ethics of gene…
This week, I read two articles that were sent to me describing scientific breakthroughs regarding possible treatments for…
What Family Means to Me
Growing up, my grandparents and I drove every summer from Florida to Pennsylvania to visit our extended family.
Last weekend, my boyfriend and I finally exchanged our Christmas presents. This exchange consisted of us renting a…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that children get their first dose of the measles,…
“It could be worse” is a sentiment I hear fairly often. It’s often said after I express sympathy…
Every family, regardless of religion or background, has at least one time of year that is special to…
For this column, I interviewed my best friend about her thoughts on Huntington’s. Here are my questions and her answers:…