2015 Event The smaller of twin cubs born to giant panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has died; though both cubs appeared to be healthy at birth, the smaller cub failed to gain weight and may have caught a respiratory infection 2014 Event Martin Salia, a U.S. doctor working in Sierra Leone, is being stabilized for transport to a Nebraska hospital after contracting the Ebola virus; Salia was not working in a hospital treating the virus, and the source of his infection is not clear 2014 Event The World Health Organization reports that the rate of Ebola infection is slowing in Liberia, with hospitals now at less than full capacity; the slowdown is attributed to a campaign to educate citizens on safe burial practices 2014 Event A Dallas hospital worker who treated deceased Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has herself contracted the virus despite wearing protective gear; the Centers for Disease Control states that her infection results from a breach in protocol 2013 Event Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Event In China, two people die from H7N9 avian influenza infection. xH7N9 avian influenza is a sub-type that previously had not been transmitted to humans 2013 Event Venezuela's government announces that President Hugo Chavez is suffering from 'respiratory deficiency', a condition he developed after having a severe lung infection 2012 Event A recurrence of a bladder infection causes Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to be taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure 2012 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves of Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection 2010 Event The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands 2008 Death Roy Scheider, dies in Little Rock, Arkansas, complications from a staph infection, at 75 2007 Death Matt Nagle, dies in Massachusetts, of a blood infection, at 27 2007 Death Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 1994 Event Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection 1992 Event Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection 1988 Death Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30 1981 Event Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection 1937 Death Jean Harlow, actress 'Bombshell', dies from gallbladder infection at 26 1862 Death Charles Ferguson Smith, U.S. Union General-Major, dies of infection at 55
