With robust growth on both a national and local level, the health care industry continues to make news.

San Diego’s diverse economy, once dominated by defense, also is driven by manufacturing, tourism, high-technology, biotech, financial and business services, health care and retail. Situated on one of the busiest international borders in the world, with one of California’s five major port operations, San Diego is also fueled by international trade and shipping.

The second-quarter financial results for the San Diego-based industrial biotech company Verenium Corp. are expected to be released Aug. 6 after the close of U.S. stock markets, a news release from the company said.

In the past year, the local Red Cross chapter responded to 287 local disasters and unveiled a new disaster operations center.

Emergency medical personnel can obtain an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the field for chest pain patients without an increase in scene time or transport time to the hospital, according to a study.

In support of Palomar Healthís capital campaign to build the “Hospital of the Future,” Cox Communications will make a $100,000 donation to Palomar Medical Center, a regional medical center in Escondido that opens Aug. 19.

A researcher at the University of California, San Diego has received a $2.5 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in support of his high-impact research in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers.

San Diego-based Cardium Therapeutics Inc. plans to jumpstart a unique business that provides life insurance to cancer survivors.

Everyone born during the baby boomer generation should be tested at least once for the Hepatitis C virus, according to new guidelines proposed by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scripps Research Institute Professor Richard A. Lerner, M.D., won a prestigious international honor, the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research. Lerner shares the award with British biochemist Sir Gregory Winter, Ph.D.

The annual Brian Schultz Memorial Golf Classic to raise funds for cancer research at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center is scheduled for Aug. 11 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, according to a release.

San Diego-based Celladon Corp., a biopharmaceutical company focused on treatments for cardiovascular diseases, announced Thursday that a patent has been issued with claims that cover the administration of MYDICAR, the company's first in-class drug under clinical evaluation for advanced heart failure.

Biotechnology company Organovo Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday a facility relocation and expansion in Sorrento Mesa.

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has named Daniel Ripley its head of corporate development, according to a release Tuesday from the San Diego-based pharmaceutical company.

San Diego-based Medistem Inc. announced recently the successful administration of its universal donor stem cell product in two patients with critical limb ischemia, an advanced form of peripheral artery disease, as part of a 15-patient study.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld most of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform bill, employers are faced with the task of implementing the law's myriad provisions.

The Tri-City Hospital Foundation will host “Fashion that Heals” on July 19 to benefit women's health programs at Tri-City Medical Center, according to a release.

BioSurplus created a new position, director of national business development, and gave the job to Dawn Hocevar.

Before long, the letter grades patrons have grown accustomed to seeing in traditional restaurant windows could be hanging from the sides of their favorite food trucks as well.

Rady Children’s Hospital will be holding a press conference Thursday to announce it has reached a $220 million fundraising goal -- six months ahead of schedule.