Always Looking Forward – a Column by Alexus Jones

For many people I know, including me, COVID-19 started out as a joke. It shares the same name as a beer, for example.  But then, the Chinese city of Wuhan was quarantined. That was when I…

One summer when I was in middle school, my parents and I went to Florida to visit family. On a gorgeous day (well, as much as wet heat can be gorgeous during the summer), my mom, dad, and I went to Marina Jack…

A few months ago, my boyfriend’s Philosophy of Technology class planned a debate about the ethics of gene editing. I told him that I was a perfect case study to bring up since gene editing opens avenues for a potential Huntington’s disease cure.

This week, I read two articles that were sent to me describing scientific breakthroughs regarding possible treatments for Huntington’s. The first described a case study recently published in the journal Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. It…

Growing up, my grandparents and I drove every summer from Florida to Pennsylvania to visit our extended family. I spent time with their siblings, nieces, and nephews who still lived in the state. I adored my family, and in turn, they adored me. At the time, family was…

Last weekend, my boyfriend and I finally exchanged our Christmas presents. This exchange consisted of us renting a car and driving over nine hours through a winter storm to get to an Airbnb outside of Toronto.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that children get their first dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine between 12 and 15 months. Of course, some children can’t receive it due to immune system problems or severe allergies,…

“It could be worse” is a sentiment I hear fairly often. It’s often said after I express sympathy for someone’s situation — such as when someone worked until 10 p.m. instead of leaving at 6. It’s as if the sympathy is unwarranted because it wasn’t the absolute worst…

Every family, regardless of religion or background, has at least one time of year that is special to them. A time when they get together and celebrate, repeating rituals that have been passed down through the generations. For my family, that time is…

For this column, I interviewed my best friend about her thoughts on Huntington’s. Here are my questions and her answers: During your freshman year, you had a lecture on Huntington’s. Do you remember your thoughts about it at that time? I was taking an introductory biology class, and we were…