Country music icon the legendary Dolly Parton has announced that she is making a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, which will go toward researching an interim treatment for the CCP virus, pending a vaccine, as the global pandemic continues.
On April 1, 2020, Parton made the announcement on Twitter. “My longtime friend Dr. Naji Abumrad, who’s been involved in research at Vanderbilt for many years,” the singer began, “informed me that they were making some exciting advancements towards research of the coronavirus for a cure.”
