Melinda Morrow, a physician assistant at Ready Care, a walk-in urgent-care facility in the Medical

Melinda Morrow, a physician assistant at Ready Care, a walk-in urgent-care facility in the Medical Pavilion next to Mercy Health’s St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, checks a patient for flu symptoms. The Mahoning Valley, as well as the rest of Ohio, is seeing a high number of flu cases earlier this year due in part to a less-effective vaccine.