Now playing Next USA Donald Trump finally signs $900bn (€737bn) COVID-19 relief package Some experts estimated that 14 million Americans would have lost subsistence payments if the president had failed to sign a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill. 27/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US Congress approves €738 billion COVID-19 relief bill The bipartisan deal, which will also fund the US government until September next year, was passed in both houses of the US Congress on Monday. 22/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Joe Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine live on TV to boost uptake While it is unclear if Donald Trump will have the vaccine, president-elect Joe Biden will be vaccinated live on TV on Monday to help boost the largest vaccination programme in US history. 21/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US Congress seals agreement on €730 billion COVID-19 relief bill Millions of Americans hit by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will now receive financial help after Republicans and Democrats agreed on a long-overdue relief package. 21/12/2020
Now playing Next USA US FDA advisers endorse Moderna as second COVID-19 vaccine The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation and quickly OK the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. 18/12/2020
Now playing Next no comment Maryland volunteers distribute food as pandemic creates rising hunger People queuing to get food from distribution centres has become an increasingly common scene across the US as people struggle to feed themselves amid the ongoing pandemic. 12/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Biden promises 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days Joe Biden has promised 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations as he introduces a new health care team. 09/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Biden defends Obamacare as US Supreme Court considers its merits Biden will deliver a speech on the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, the day the US Supreme Court will hear arguments on its merits. 10/11/2020
Now playing Next USA Already flooded south Florida takes pelting from Storm Eta Beaches and coronavirus testing sites closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place in Florida early Monday. 09/11/2020
Now playing Next USA Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows diagnosed with coronavirus Meadows is the latest White House official to be diagnosed with the disease after scores of aides, as well as the president and first lady, tested positive. 07/11/2020
Now playing Next USA Coronavirus: US breaks daily record with 127,000 new positive cases While attention is fixed on vote counting in the US presidential election, the US continues to break records with new daily COVID-19 cases. 07/11/2020
Now playing Next USA Trump's virus stance an 'insult' says Biden as campaign tone heats up Trump was also criticised by his own infectious diseases expert over mask-wearing. Both candidates head to the key battleground state of Florida on Thursday. 29/10/2020
Now playing Next USA COVID-19: Joe Biden promises vaccine will be 'free for everyone' in US Biden was outlining a plan to combat COVID-19 in which he also said he would ask Congress to pass a major finance bill to fight the virus. 23/10/2020
Now playing Next USA COVID-19 vaccine trial suspended after 'unexplained illness' Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is one of four candidate vaccines in advance stages of testing and was supposed to yield results early next year. 13/10/2020
Now playing Next USA Man reinfected with COVID-19 develops 'more severe' case second time A 25-year-old was infected with two different variants of coronavirus within six weeks and developed pneumonia the second time. 13/10/2020
Now playing Next USA Trump says he is 'immune' from coronavirus to sceptical response The White House doctor has said the president is not considered a transmission risk, without declaring that he had tested negative for the virus. 11/10/2020
Now playing Next USA Trump not a COVID-19 transmission risk to others, his doctor says Dr Sean Conley wrote in a health update that 10 days after first experiencing symptoms, the US leader is now "fever-free well over 24 hours and all symptoms improved" and that tests "reveal there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus." 10/10/2020
Now playing Next USA Trump back in Oval Office as more top aides test positive for COVID-19 Top White House aide Stephen Miller has tested positive for the virus and US military leaders are also quarantining after Coast Guard official Admiral Charles Ray tested positive. 06/10/2020
Now playing Next USA 'Don't be afraid,' Trump urges after leaving hospital Donald Trump has made a dramatic arrival at the White House, where he will have round-the-clock care for his case of coronavirus. 06/10/2020
Now playing Next USA President Trump is 'feeling well' as speculation mounts over condition A briefing by the U.S. president's doctor appeared to raise more questions than it answered. 02/10/2020
