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Dolly Parton Donated $1 Million to Help Fund a Coronavirus Vaccine

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Moderna is now reporting that its developing COVID-19 vaccine is 95 percent effective, and Dolly Parton is apparently partially to thank.

The Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund was listed as one of the major donors in this latest breakthrough, as reported in a new article published by The New England Journal of Medicine.

Earlier this year, the country singer donated $1 million to the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, after being told by her friend Naji Abumrad, a general surgeon, that there were "some exciting advancements" in the search for a coronavirus cure. (The two have maintained a friendship since 2014, after Parton got into a car accident and was treated at.

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