In April, Dolly Parton contributed $1 million to coronavirus research at Vanderbilt University.<br />That research helped produce the Moderna vaccine, which the biotech firm said is 94.5% effective.<br />The vaccine will hopefully effective bat preventing COVID-19, says Business Insider.<br />Parton is a longtime philanthropist as well as a shrewd businesswoman.<br />Now, she may be a part of vaccine history in a time where a vaccine is desperately needed.<br />This is just another example of the ultrawealthy singer's quiet policy work.
