Johns Hopkins Named Nation's Top Hospital

U.S. News & World Report Out With Its Latest Rankings (CBS) The United States Census says there are more than 7,500 hospitals nationwide. The Early Show had the results Friday of U.S. News and World Report's 18th edition ranking of the best of them. This year, Johns Hopkins was on top. CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports that, for more than a century, Johns Hopkins has consistently offered top-notch medical care and been recognized as an industry leader. "We have scientists from a wide variety of disciplines collected under one roof," says Hopkins' Dr. Stephen Desiderio. As a research hospital, Hopkins is responsible for some of the most important discoveries of our time. Hopkins' doctors pioneered the use of rubber gloves in 1889 and were among the first to isolate and cultivate human embryonic stem cells. Today,... [read full story]