Parton gave $1m towards Covid vaccine research

Emma SaundersCulture reporter The singer's philanthropy over the years went beyond her famous Imagination Library scheme. Back in November 2020, Parton declared she felt "very honoured and proud" to have given money to research into the development of one of the Covid-19 vaccines. In the spring of that year, she had announced she was giving $1m (£750,000) to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. That was one of the trial sites for the Moderna vaccine, which went on to beco