US health officials on November 24, 2011 confirm seven cases so far of a swine-originating H3N2 flu virus, with three people who had to be hospitalized thus far, that they say appears to have been contracted through person-to-person transmission instead of animal contact, raising concerns for a mutated virus form that could lead to another pandemic.

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11281101/trH3N2_CDC_Swine_Coupe.html
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20111122/us-new-flu-virus-111122/
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-details-on-trh3n2-story.html