Dolly Parton donates $1M to infectious disease research
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Country music singer Dolly Parton made a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to help fund research on pediatric infectious diseases.
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Parton's donation will fund further research in understanding how bacteria and viruses cause disease as well as diagnosing and treating infections in children throughout the world.
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