The number of medical-malpractice cases filed in Dauphin County dropped by nearly half from 2002 to 2005, according to a report issued today by the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Mothers delivering babies at The Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon will receive gift certificates for free bouquets of flowers.

Capital Region Benefits has recovered since the owners dissolved their partnership in November.

With the daily, scary news about avian flu and other strains of disease descending upon the world, people are beginning to think and talk about what measures they can use to prevent sickness from spreading.

Capital BlueCross is adding three new Medicare HMO plans to join its existing SeniorBlue product. An item in yesterday's Business Journal-Daily incorrectly stated the number of HMO plans being added.

The recent spate of double-digit increases in health-insurance costs may be subsiding for many employers nationwide, according to a new report. That trend is reaching some companies in Central Pennsylvania, area observers said.

Lancaster County commissioners voted Tuesday not to delay the sale of Conestoga View, the county's health care facility.