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The current outbreak in west Africa, (first cases notified in March 2014), is the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976.

On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee approved an agriculture spending bill that would allow many schools to postpone meeting nutritional guidelines for the federally subsidized lunch programs that provide free or low-cost meals to more than 30 million students. Under guidelines published in January 2012, school lunches are to include more fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads and less sodium.Only a decade ago there was bipartisan support for healthier school lunches, but now many Republicans deplore what they see as government bureaucrats’ dictating food choices, driving up the cost of a cafeteria meal and offending personal preferences for certain junk foods.

The ABC has learned Cabinet's National Security Committee has decided to assist volunteers who want to travel to Ebola hotspots in Sierra Leone, which could include a group of up to 200 Australians.

America: It's time to eat a salad every day! We're making it possible for kids by raising $5 million to fund 2,000 salad bars for schools.

he nation’s lowest-performing high schools produce 58% of all African-American dropouts and 50% of all Hispanic dropouts, compared to 22% of all white dropouts.