America’s Best Hospitals
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is the best hospital in America. U.S. News & World Report has announced the 2007 edition of America’s Best Hospitals (www.health.usnews.com/besthospitals ).
The guide ranks 173 hospitals in 16 specialties. The hospitals were judged on reputation, death rate and care-related factors such as nursing and patient services. This year’s “Honor Roll” of 18
hospitals :
1. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
2. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
3. UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
7. Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC)
7. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
9. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University (St. Louis)
10. Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
11. University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle)
12. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
13. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
14. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor)
15. (Tie) Stanford Hospital and Clinics (Stanford, CA)
15. (Tie) Yale-New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT)
17. (Tie) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
17. (Tie) University of Chicago Medical Center
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NASA moved space shuttle Endeavour a step closer to liftoff without an essential part – the “u.” The spacecraft arrived at the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, and officials welcomed it with a banner reading “Go Endeavor” (E-N-D-E-A-V-O R). The shuttle’s name, however, is spelled the British way, E-N-D-E-A-V-O-U-R. It’s named after the first ship commanded by 18th century British explorer James Cook. The banner was up for about 90 minutes before being replaced with the correct spelling . Endeavour’s launch is scheduled for August 7th.
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