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Dolly Parton’s $1 Million Gift Helped Kansas City Native Advance COVID-19 Vaccine Research

Mark Denison said Dolly Parton’s money funded the critical early stages before Moderna’s vaccine later proved highly effective in trials.

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Kansas City native Dr. Mark Denison says Dolly Parton’s support made a critical difference in coronavirus research that helped pave the way for the Moderna vaccine.
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Barack Obama recalled Dolly Parton’s support for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. “It’s hard to imagine that many people have had a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she won 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of children learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped speed up the research that led to the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking about Dolly’s fa…

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It was late March 2020 and the whole world was in an unusual uncertainty due to the rapid and deadly advance of covid-19, a virus that took a large part of the population by surprise. However, just a year later, a light of hope shone for many thanks to different vaccines that they managed to save ... Continue reading "Why the world owes Dolly Parton one of the first Covid-19 vaccines" The post Why the world owes Dolly Parton one of the first Cov…

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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
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