Dolly Parton addresses her big donation that led to a coronavirus vaccine: 'I just wanted it to do good'

Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton are among many celebs who will be a part of honoring the most impactful, inspiring and influential women in the music industry.

Dolly Parton, Marie Claire's digital cover star, is almost as renowned for her charity work as she is for her music. Speaking to RuPaul, she revealed her father, Lee Parton, inspired one of her most well-known charity efforts: the Imagination Library, which gifts free books to children around the world in order to boost childhood literacy.

helped out the world with a vaccine for Covid-19, because of course it was. There could be no finer coda to this gruesome year than for it to be revealed that Parton had partly funded the research that led to the Moderna vaccine, currently topping the charts at 94.5% efficacy.In April, Parton donated $1m (£750,000) to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticDolly Parton’s no stranger to being the center of attention, a place she’s determinedly, deliberately put herself throughout the decades of her legendary career.

Dolly Parton is the singer on everyone’s lips recently, but not only because she recently released a new album.

Early studies of the vaccine show 95% protection against the virus, and Moderna has said it could produce 1 billion doses of the drug by the end of 2021.So, how much did Dolly Parton donate to fund the vaccine research, and why did she part with such a large sum?The Jolene singer donated no less than one million US dollars to help to fund the production of the Moderna vaccine.

Dolly Parton is reacting to news that the $1 million she donated to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's coronavirus research fund back in April has helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.While appearing as a guest on Tuesday's , the 74-year-old country superstar opened up about how her dollars are making a real difference.«I'm just happy that anything I do can help somebody else,» Parton said.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsDolly Parton’s dulcet tones and memorable tunes may help mend broken hearts, but it seems that the singer may have a hand in providing the world some COVID-19 relief.As news of two potential COVID-19 vaccines entered the conversation, information about the new Moderna vaccine’s supporters came to light.

In April, Dolly Parton announced a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's COVID-19 research, which included the development of a vaccine. A recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine credits Parton's donation with the development of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine — announced on Monday, the vaccine has a 94.5% success rate in the prevention of COVID-19 contraction, according to early studies.

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.

Dolly Parton fans have joked that the singer has “cured coronavirus” after donating $1 million (£756,000) to scientists working on a promising-looking vaccine.This week, US company Moderna announced its coronavirus vaccine may be 94.5 per cent effective against Covid-19, and Parton is namechecked in the preliminary report.Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the report states that the work was supported by the “Dolly Parton Covid-19 Research Fund (Vanderbilt University Medical

The New England Journal of Medicine has confirmed that Dolly Parton partly funded the research for Moderna’s Coronavirus vaccine!

Dolly Parton has been hailed as a savior thanks to her contributions to the most successful coronavirus vaccine candidate to date.In April, the 74-year-old country music icon donated $1 million (around £756,000) to Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, Tennessee, to help fund its Covid-19 research.Vanderbilt was involved in the development of Moderna’s jab, which has become the leading global candidate after showing almost 95 per cent effectiveness against the disease.As health

Dolly Parton fans are jokingly crediting her with curing the coronavirus after she donated $1 million to research that ultimately led to Moderna’s recently announced vaccine.  In April, Parton shared that she donated money to research being done at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.  “My longtime friend Dr.

Dolly Parton fans have joked that the singer has “cured coronavirus” after donating $1m (£756,000) to scientists working on a promising-looking vaccine.On Monday (17 November) it was announced that US biotech firm Moderna had produced a coronavirus vaccine shown to be nearly 95 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in early trial stages.However, a number of fans made the connection between the news and Parton, who in April donated $1m (£756,000) to the research team at Vanderbilt