Because of the aging baby boomers, the United States is poised to have unprecedented shortages of health care workers over the next decade, the head of San Diego’s AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE: AMN) told UBS Healthcare Conference attendees in New York this week.

The San Diego region will receive $16.9 million from the Department of Homeland Security as part of the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program.

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) may have an early contender for its $10 million prize for the company that can build the first “tricorder” -- a wireless, handheld medical diagnostic device similar to the one used by the fictional Dr. Leonard McCoy in TV’s “Star Trek.”

San Diego’s LRAD Corp. (Nasdaq: LRAD), a maker of sonic weapons and long-range acoustical devices, has settled a lawsuit from one of its major investors by revamping its board of directors and retroactively repricing a disputed stock option.

The law firm Cooley LLP announced Wednesday that it has added Ray Hartman to its national litigation practice.