by admin | Apr 24, 2020 | News
Fri April, 24th 2020 New figures reveal a growing number of younger people with Huntington’s disease are living in residential aged care in Victoria. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows in total there were 331 people with HD in residential aged...
by admin | Apr 16, 2020 | News
Thu April, 16th 2020 Clinical trials of new drugs to treat Huntington’s disease that are taking place in Australia have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has diverted many staff into frontline healthcare and will impact on the three trials being...
by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | News
Wed March, 18th 2020 Huntington’s Victoria is continuing to provide services and supports to the community during the coronavirus outbreak. HV CEO Tammy Gardner said the office remains open and all staff are focused on delivering the help and support that the...
by admin | Feb 26, 2020 | News
There are positive developments in important Huntington’s research taking place in Australia and other parts of the world, according to Huntington’s Victoria Chief Executive Officer Tammy Gardner. Ms Gardner said the results of drug trials that had been released so...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020 | News
Huntington’s Victoria has welcomed a five year moratorium on the use of genetic testing in assessing applications for life insurance. The moratorium, which was put in place last year, means that people are not required to disclose the results of a genetic test when...