Portal:Current events/2019 March 5
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March 5, 2019 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Packages containing suspected improvised explosive devices are found near Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Waterloo station in London, England. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is announced as the winner of the 2019 Pritzker Prize. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- Management of HIV/AIDS
- An HIV-positive man, identified as "the London patient", is the second known adult worldwide cleared of the HIV virus after a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor. He has been in remission from HIV for 18 months and is no longer taking HIV drugs. (BBC News) (The Washington Post) (The Irish Times) (Nature)
- The US Food and Drug Administration approves Janssen Pharmaceutica's esketamine for treatment-resistant depression. The drug is the chemical cousin of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic and recreational drug, and the first major new depression treatment to be approved by the FDA in more than 30 years. (CNN) (TechCrunch)
Politics and elections
- United States' Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb announces his resignation "in the next month". (CNN)
- 2019 Guatemalan general election
- Semilla announces Jonathan Menkos Zeissig as running mate of Thelma Aldana. Aldana will be proclaimed presidential candidate on March 10. (La Hora)
Sports
- 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
- Underdog AFC Ajax defeats defending champions Real Madrid 4–1, and advances to quarter-finals on aggregate 5–3, marking the end of Real Madrid's European dominance. (Goal.com)