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State health leaders look to close digital divide for farmworkers

By Jaymie Baxley Many of the state’s more than 75,000 farmworkers lack high-speed internet, limiting their access to digital services that have been shown to improve health outcomes for people in rural communities. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health hopes to address the divide with a “digital equity initiative” […]