Dolly Parton announces she s donating $1 million to help find a cure for the coronavirus; Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Dr. James Crowe joins The Daily Briefing.
The country music icon stunned fans in 2020 when she donated $1 million to COVID-19 research being done at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the donation made by Parton and the work done by researchers at Vanderbilt during trial phases directly led to Moderna announcing it had produced a coronavirus vaccine that is nearly 95% effective.
Speaking of her donation to the Associated Press, the songstress said: Well, I follow my heart. I’m a person of faith and I pray all the time that God will lead me into the right direction and let me know what to do.
Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., has selected Marlon Lynch to serve as the sixth chief of the MSU Police Department. Based on his vast experience and expertise, Lynch will also hold the title of vice president for public safety.
“Marlon has a highly distinguished service record, including leading some of the largest university police departments in the country,” said Stanley. “His nearly 25-year career in law enforcement will allow him to look expansively across the spectrum of public safety to identify areas for improvement in the department and maximize its community engagement. I know he will be a great addition to the Spartan community.
Dolly Parton declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice: report
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: Dolly Parton attends We Are Family Foundation honors Dolly Parton & Jean Paul Gaultier at Hammerstein Ballroom on November 05, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Dolly Parton said she was offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Donald Trump s administration on two separate occasions, but turned both requests down, according to a report.
Parton, 75, made the revelation during an interview on Today with Hoda & Jenna, which will air on Tuesday morning. I couldn t accept it because my husband was ill and then they asked me again about it and I wouldn t travel because of the COVID, she said.
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A Texas community is mourning the loss of a beloved pediatrician who was killed by another doctor in an apparent murder-suicide at her clinic on Tuesday night.
Lindley Dodson, MD, was only 43 years old and mother to three children ages 5, 7, and 11 when she was murdered by Bharat Narumanchi, MD, at Children s Medical Group in Austin.
Narumanchi, also 43 years old and also a pediatrician, reportedly said he had terminal cancer, though his motivation for the killing remains a mystery. It was not apparent that he knew Dodson prior to asking for a job at the clinic a few days before Tuesday s tragedy.