HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS
FREE SHINGLES VACCINE AT
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is
offering the Shingles vaccine free of charge, for a limited time, to
uninsured or under-insured people, 50 years of age and older.
While supplies last, Shingles vaccines are available at the
health department’s Immunization Clinic located at 3441 Forbes
Avenue in Oakland. No appointment is necessary; however,
individuals are asked to call 412.578.8062 in advance to ensure
that supplies are still available.
Clinic hours are as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday, 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Shingles is a painful skin rash, often with blisters, caused by
the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had
chickenpox can develop shingles because the virus remains in the
nerve cells of the body
after chickenpox goes
away, but it can reappear
many years later causing
Shingles.
The risk of getting
Shingles begins to
increase around the age
of 50. Anyone that age
or older should get the vaccine, regardless of whether they recall
having chickenpox. Studies show that 99% of individuals 40 and
older have had chickenpox.
People who have already had Shingles can still receive the
vaccine to prevent future occurrences of the disease. The vaccine
reduces the risk of developing Shingles by more than 50%, and it
reduces the risk of pain after the rash by 67%.
ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON PARISH
SELLS PROPERTY TO APIS MEAD
AND WINERY
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish has sold 206 Mary Street
to Apis Mead and Winery. The property consists of a
10,000-square-foot building situated between Carnegie’s
business mall and Chartiers Creek.
Apis Mead and Winery acquired the property for a planned
expansion of its business, less than two blocks from the current
location.
The building, known for over two decades as Seton
Hall, served as a social hall and offices for the parish and its
predecessor institution, Holy Souls Parish, an ethnically Italian
Catholic parish.
When the 2004 flood associated with Hurricane Ivan
forced the closure of Holy Souls Church, Seton Hall became a
temporary worship site. Two Masses were offered there each
Sunday until 2011, when the parish opened St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton Church on the site of the former St. Luke Church.
Subsequently, the building was temporarily reopened as the
staging offices for the 2014 Franklin Graham Festival of the Billy
Graham Association.
The proceeds of the sale will reduce the parish’s building
debt for the new church. For the first time since 2011, the debt
balance is below $2 million. n
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