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Many parts of rural America with less access to health care also have limited broadband internet that could help them take advantage of increasingly popular online health services.
The University of Cincinnati study found communities with low vaccination rates tended to have the fewest hospitals, health clinics and other infrastructure. They also tended to have fewer health care professionals.