What's New In Health Services Welcome to our Health Services Web Site.  Please take a moment and click on the links at the top of the page to access information about our school health program, the services provided at school and news in school health.  If your child has special health care needs, requires medications or health treatments during the school day, or has a chronic health condition, please contact your school nurse. Click here for a complete Health Services Staff Directory. 2008-09 Updated Immunization Requirements Click here for an update from the Allegheny County Health Department on the 2008-09 immunization requirements. Information about Herpes gladiatorum Herpes gladiatorum (mat herpes) is a skin infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). This skin infection is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact. Click here for information from the Allegheny County Health Department. MRSA Information Click here for more information about methicillin-resistant stapholococcus auerus (MRSA) in the school setting and a list of strategies to prevent infections in student athletes. Travel Alerts The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network has sent out a special food allergy alert notice for those travelling in the wake of new security measures recently enacted in airports. Click here for more details. Pennsylvania Pandemic Website The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently launched a website dedicated to providing accurate and reliable information about the pandemic flu. Click here for up to date information about our state's pandemic flu response. Important Health Insurance Information If your child does not have health insurance, free or low cost coverage is available through Pennsylvania’s “Children’s Health Insurance Program,” (CHIP).  Applications for CHIP are available in all the school health offices or you may call 1-800-986-KIDS.  Click on  CHIP’s web for more information. Chicken Pox Chicken pox cases have been reported in children who have had the vaccine.  Click here for more information regarding the recommendation for a second booster vaccine to prevent outbreaks.