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Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The State of Alaska Department of Health and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) announced Thursday afternoon that they are partnering on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) training to encourage health care providers to incorporate this HIV prevention medication into their practices. PrEP is an antiviral drug that helps prevent people without HIV from acquiring the infection. ....

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