Dan talks with Axios' Alayna Treene about the results of the "year of the woman," and how newly elected women in Congress are filling into leadership roles.
"To have powerful female voices leading the conversation, driving the conversation ahead of 2020, if you're seeing a lot of that only from the Democratic side and not the Republican side, that could only further exacerbate the gender gap that we see between both parties."
The World Health Organization will not yet call the coronavirus a pandemic, claiming that needs across affected countries are too varied and the classification would increase fear, per a briefing Monday.
The big picture: As South Korea and Italy stepped up emergency measures in efforts to thwart the spread of the virus, WHO expressed concern about infections with no clear link to China. COVID-19 has killed at least 2,620 people and infected almost 80,000 others, with all but 27 deaths occurring in mainland China.
Taking precaution, in the Philippines. Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
The coronavirus is spreading quickly in cities nowhere near Wuhan, China, and the window to prevent a global pandemic is narrowing.
Zoom in: Here's a look at what comes with a coronavirus outbreak in communities outside China that have been hardest hit so far.
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