Portal:Current events/2019 March 5

March 5, 2019 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

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)