January 11, U.S. News and World Report – (National) 12 infected with new swine flu strain. At least 12 people are believed to have been infected with a new strain of swine flu that is not covered by this season’s vaccine, U.S. News and World Report reported January 11. The new swine flu strain, H3N2v, has shown at least some potential for human-to-human transmission in those 12 individuals, which makes it especially dangerous. The 12 people with the new swine flu strain live in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Officials for the Centers for Disease Control said the sample size of H3N2 infections is too small to know whether it will pose a threat to the population at large. H3N2v or another new flu strain could disrupt what CDC officials expected to be a relatively quiet flu season. While it is too early to tell if the new H3N2 strain (or another unexpected strain) will develop into a larger threat, the CDC admits the current vaccine will do little to help stop the virus. Source:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/01/11/12-infected-with-new-swine-flu-strain