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  "id": 3727697,
  "title": "In 2020, Dolly Parton gave $1 million to Covid research, becoming a vaccine icon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/in-2020-dolly-parton-gave-1-million-to-covid-research-becoming-a",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T11:23:05.000Z",
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    "name": "Times of India",
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    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-2020-when-most-of-the-us-was-under-lockdown-dolly-parton-made-a-1-million-donation-that-made-her-the-face-of-covid-vaccine-confidence/articleshow/133566573.cms"
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  "summary": "Dolly Parton's legacy includes significant philanthropic giving and a country music career. She donated one million dollars to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research in 2020. This research later connected to the Moderna vaccine's development and distribution. Parton also launched the Imagination Library, mailing free books to children internationally. Her generosity extended to disaster relief and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "What type of cancer did Dolly Parton have? Fact-checking wild claims about COVID vaccine as Jolene singer dies at 80",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/what-type-of-cancer-did-dolly-parton-have-fact-checking-wild-claims",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:27:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Dolly Parton’s final weeks: Country icon kept cancer fight private before death at 80",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/dolly-partons-final-weeks-country-icon-kept-cancer-fight-private",
        "published": "2026-08-26T09:19:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children's books to supporting Covid vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/how-dolly-parton-helped-the-world-from-childrens-books-to-supporting",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:11:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Dolly Parton once gave $1 million to help develop the Moderna COVID vaccine at Vanderbilt: ‘I’m kind of addicted to the feeling of giving’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/dolly-parton-once-gave-1-million-to-help-develop-the-moderna-covid",
        "published": "2026-08-26T15:28:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "5 Things About Dolly Parton You Didn’t Know: From Producing ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ to the COVID Vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/5-things-about-dolly-parton-you-didnt-know-from-producing-buffy-the",
        "published": "2026-08-26T19:48:37.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}