UAB awarded $11.5 million to explore ways to test youth for HIV, link them to care

More than half of grant combo funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health has been awarded a total of $11.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to explore new ways to identify adolescents and young adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and link them to medical care.