The CDC says seven people -- so far -- got sick from a new kind of swine flu virus.
More cases are likely to be found, says CDC respiratory disease 
chief Anne Schuchat, MD, as the CDC's intensive investigation gets more data on suspected cases.
"We believe that human-to-human spread is occurring. That is unusual," Schuchat said at a news conference. "We don't know yet how wide it is spreading. We have taken steps to learn more."
All seven of the people with confirmed swine flu recovered. Only one patient was ill enough to require hospitalization. The swine flu disease was similar to human flu, except that nausea and diarrhea were more common.
Patients ranged in age from 9 to 54 and included three girls and four males.
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