NIH To Conduct Human Testing Of Ebola Vaccine – NIH announced Thursday that it will begin human testing of a potential Ebola virus vaccine next week at its Bethesda campus. The agency’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is stepping up the pace of human testing for experimental Ebola vaccines because of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has led to the deaths of more than 1,400. [NIH]
WSSC Didn’t Notify All Woodmont Triangle Residents Of Late-Night Work – Some residents of the Triangle Towers apartments (4853 Cordell Ave.) are unhappy after WSSC failed to notify them it would be conducting noisy sewer line replacement work in the middle of the night on nearby St Elmo Avenue. A county Environmental Protection official sent the residents a letter saying WSSC should have informed residents of all three buildings within a 300-foot notification range. The work will continue next week and does not require compliance with the county’s noise ordinance. [Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row]
County Looking For Input On Goldsboro Road Bike Lanes – MCDOT has revealed its preferred design for a set of new bike lanes and pedestrian facilities on a one-mile stretch of Goldsboro Road between River Road and MacArthur Boulevard. The design calls for a five-foot wide bike lane on the westbound side of the road and a bike lane a half-foot wider on the eastbound side of the road. Contact MCDOT’s Greg Hwang with any comments or concerns. [MCDOT]
State Delegate Arrested In Immigration Protest – District 18 Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez was among the nearly 150 protestors arrested on Thursday in front of the White House who were calling for President Barack Obama to enact immigration reform without Congressional approval. Gutierrez, a Chevy Chase resident, was one of almost 2,000 activists who called on Obama to extend deportation protection to millions of undocumented immigrants. [WAMU]
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