Giant Eagle Pharmacy^® offers a wide range of vaccinations to help protect you and your family. Our highly trained pharmacists are certified and licensed to evaluate your vaccine needs and administer vaccinations to patients 18 years or older in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia and 14 years or older in Ohio. And, our pharmacists can handle the insurance paperwork for you.

We offer the following vaccinations:

• Pneumonia — $49.99 — available all year
• Influenza — $25 — available seasonally, September through March
• Shingles* — available all year
• Other vaccinations are available on request

We accept most insurances including Medicare Part B and, if covered, we will bill the vaccine for you.

To schedule an appointment for your immunization, contact your neighborhood Giant Eagle Pharmacy^®.

*Prescription required. Available only at select Pennsylvania and Ohio locations. Ask your Giant Eagle^® pharmacist for details.

Immunization Recommendations

Immunizations are an important preventive measure against many debilitating or deadly diseases — and for some at-risk groups, they're absolutely essential. Your Giant Eagle^® pharmacist can help you decide if immunization is right for you.

You should consider an influenza immunization if:

• You want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting influenza to others.
• You are 50 years old or older.
• You are or will be pregnant during influenza season.
• You have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, hematological or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus).
• You have immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus).
• You are a resident of a nursing home or other long-term care facility.

You should consider a pneumonia (pneumococcal) vaccine if:

• You are 65 years old or older.
• You have a serious long-term health problem such as heart disease, sickle cell disease, alcoholism, leaks of cerebrospinal fluid, lung disease (not including asthma), diabetes or liver cirrhosis.
• You have a low resistance to infection due to Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, cancer treatment with x-rays or drugs, treatment with long-term steroids, bone marrow or organ transplant, kidney failure, HIV/AIDS, lymphoma, leukemia, or other cancers, nephrotic syndrome, damaged spleen or no spleen.
• You are an Alaskan Native or from certain Native American populations.

You should consider a Zostavax (Shingles) vaccine if:

• You are 60 years old or older.**
• You are infected with or are carrying the varicella-zoster (chickenpox) virus.
• Your immune system has been weakened by HIV infection, cancer, cancer drugs, radiation treatments or organ transplant.

Available only at select Pennsylvania and Ohio locations. Lean more about the Shingles vaccination.

**The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends a single dose of the shingles (Herpes Zoster) vaccine for adults age 60 and older.

Diabetes and Immunizations

According to the CDC, people with diabetes are 6 times more likely to be hospitalized with flu complications.  If you have diabetes, take measures to protect yourself.  Make an annual flu shot a part of your prevention routine.

Learn more about our Diabetes Care Program

Diabetes and Immunizations PDF