Donald Trump's desire for a payroll tax cut in the next coronavirus stimulus bill is being rebuked by his own Party this week, indicating the measure won't make it into the next relief package.

New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended her February comment that 'we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.'

President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and religious leaders at the National Day of Prayer focused their blessings on those suffering from the coronavirus.

Obama's knowledge of Michael Flynn's (pictured) calls with the Russian Ambassador has come to light after documents were declassified in a motion to dismiss case against Flynn.

Texas city San Antonio's Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who put forward the now-passed resolution, blamed the use of the terms Chinese virus and Kung Fu virus for a rise in hate speech.

President Donald Trump said U.S. deaths due to coronavirus would be at 'lower level' of forecasts and floated the number of 110,000, as he cheered the reopening schedule of pro football and fighting.

Senator Ted Cruz and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough Friday engaged in a bitter war of words on Twitter Friday evening.

The footballer turned boxer has weighed in on rumours of a $1million blockbuster brawl which was floated by Melbourne Boxing promoter Brian Amatruda.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Another night of history for Dina Asher-Smith . The distinctions in her career are piling up and so are the medals.

The BBC list features women from several fields, including climate change activist Greta Thunberg, British athletics star Dina Asher-Smith and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS OF 2019: In the fourth in our series of the greatest moments of the sporting year, we recall those two nights when two Brits claimed World Championship gold...

Olympians past and present have expressed their dismay at the refusal to immediately cancel or postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games in a chorus of protest at the International Olympic Committee.

This week Bel advises a young man who has fallen for a woman he met online and desperately wants to fix their bond after a disagreement

This week Bel Mooney advises a woman who has lost her husband to Covid-19 on how to mourn.

British gardening expert Monty Don shared advice for preparing gardens for the end of the coppicing season. He questions why gardeners grow and value nuts less now than historically.

Midwinter might seem a crazy moment to think about roses. But this is an excellent opportunity for buying bare-root varieties. They’re cheaper than container plants and quick to establish.

British gardening expert Constance Craig Smith revealed snowdrops are among the earliest spring bulbs to appear. She picked out a selection of the best public gardens for viewing displays.

British gardening expert Monty Don shared advice for growing witch hazels'. He revealed which variety grows best in open acidic soil with light shade. Monty advises gardeners to cut back clematis this week.

Bill Oddie who would cycle to the countryside as a child because he didn't have a garden, shared advice for ensuring your garden is welcoming to birds.

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing irises. He says the plants do best in open areas that have blazing hot summers but quite cold winters, and need good drainage.

Exhibition at the Garden Museum in London celebrates the nostalgic covers of the Ladybird books. Alan Titchmarsh says the books enabled him to identify birds that he hadn't seen before.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn advised on how to cultivate hostas in a shaded British border. He said the plant, which originates from Asia, is hardy and easy to grow in the UK.

Monty Don gives his verdict on Rosehips, saying they look divine and provide food for both humans and birds. He also names his plant of the week and describes this week's garden job.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn said that the best part of the pumpkin is its nutritious flesh which usually gets thrown out with the seeds.

British gardening expert Monty Don says Janaury is a great time for coppicing - and offers advice on the best way to care for lavender.

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He says succulents can usually shrug off anything the British summer can throw at them. Pictured, Aeonium Zwartkop.

The Garden Museum is currently exhibiting a selection of pieces that celebrate the golden age of garden painting.

British gardening expert Tamsin Westhorpe, who is the author of Diary Of A Modern Country Gardener, shared advice for entertaining and educating children during lockdown.

Pauline Cafferkey, 43 (pictured) from Glasgow, who first contracted the killer bug in 2014, welcomed the 'two amazing boys' at 10am on Tuesday.

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.

The patient was rushed to Skane University Hospital in Lund on Monday after suffering symptoms linked to the killer virus. Doctors say they can't rule out Ebola until test results come back.

The so-called Merck vaccine was approved his afternoon and is likely to get a full marketing licence from the European Commission within a few weeks.

On the heels of the WHO's declaration that Ebola is an 'international public health emergency of international concern,' Ebola screeners have been hired to test the blood of travelers at Dulles International Airport in DC.

On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Ervebo, the first vaccine against Ebola to get green lit by American officials. It comes as a Congo outbreak rages on and has killed 4 in Uganda.

PETER FRANKOPAN: The Wuhan outbreak may be just another tremor. But few should have any doubts. The problem about nightmares is that they are reflections of realities.

The Wuhan National Laboratory opened in January 2018, with the highest safety rating and plans to study SARS and Ebola. A Nature article warned that some were concerned over its safety.

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Jeremy Farrar, a renowned specialist in infectious disease epidemics, said the virus in China isn't new but has likely adapted to infect humans.

Kate Broderick, 42, from Scotland, has been fighting infectious diseases for more than 20 years. She is working with colleagues at company Inovio, San Diego, to develop a vaccine.

At Heathrow, after arriving from Singapore on January 30th, I put my passport in the entry gate and was admitted to the UK. No questions, no medical checks. Within an hour I was home.

The map tracks the lethal flu-like infection, which has killed more than 1,300 people and infected 60,000 - mostly in China - and pits it against SARS in 2003, swine flu in 2009 and Ebola in 2014.

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.

Jeri Seratti-Goldman, of Santa Clarita, California, says her husband, Carl Goldman, was diagnosed with coronavirus after they were evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan.

Doctors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where 13 Americans are quarantined for coronavirus, are providing patients with comforts such as chicken soup.

Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health tested an experimental antiviral drug, first created for Ebola, on 18 rhesus macaques.

A new animated video shows how 40 days into the coronavirus outbreak it infected more people than on the 40th day of the respective Ebola, swine flu, SARS and MERS outbreaks.

Researchers from Nankai University in Tianjin, northern China have discovered the way coronavirus binds to cells in the human body is akin to far more aggressive diseases like HIV.

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against President Trump on the coronavirus and predicted some U.S. schools would probably close amid the outbreak.

Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki, who previously attacked Islam after the Christchurch shooting, made the comments during a congregation in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday.

Ministers should close schools and public transport networks sooner rather than later if they are to slow the spread of coronavirus, London mayor candidate Rory Stewart has suggested.

Doctors and pharmaceutical firms around the world are scrambling to find a drug that can stop the deadly virus, which has now killed more than 8,200 people.