Dolly Parton pledged $1 million to coronavirus vaccine research, starts reading children's books

Dolly Parton has donated $1m to research into a coronavirus vaccine to the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation at Vanderbilt University hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. ABC reports. Also, on Thursday (7 p.m. ET). Parton is launching Goodnight With Dolly, a bedtime story series on YouTube, beginning with a reading of 'The Little Engine That Could'. She said she hoped the series would be “a welcome distraction during a time of unrest, and inspire a love of reading and books”.