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March 5, 2019
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2019-03-05
)
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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)
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