Area officials prepare for swine-flu season

YOUNGSTOWN — So far, so good is the assessment by Mahoning County public-health officials of the nation’s and the area’s preparation for a possible swine-flu onslaught this fall.

Swine flu, officially H1N1 Novel flu, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, in a recent memo, however, said the swine flu is more moderate in this country than the media had led people to believe it would be, said Dr. John Venglarcik, pediatrician and medical director of the Mahoning County District Board of Health.

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