Wider international expansion, the confluence of pharmacies and drug suppliers, and a more aggressive generic drug industry will be in focus at the Goldman Sachs annual health care conference in California next week.

Last fall, as Delaware's major nonprofit arts organizations embarked on their seasons, The News Journal examined in a two-day series how a changing economic climate had affected their health.

Local health organizations are gearing up to help combat asthma, a chronic disease that has become increasingly prevalent across the nation in the last decade.

Beacon Journal staff report The Austin-Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $250,000 to 17 nonprofit organizations in Stark, Tuscarawas, Wayne and Holmes counties.

Sanford Health has begun new efforts in research and medical programs that officials hope will narrow the vast disparities in health care on reservations in South Dakota and elsewhere. A portion of the health system's $400 million donation by benefactor