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In recent months, several cruise ships have experienced significant outbreaks of the norovirus. This highly infectious and ...
Norovirus, the "cruise ship virus" Princess Cruises also dealt with a norovirus outbreak this month on its Ruby Princess ship during a cruise that started on Dec. 2 and ended on Wednesday.
Norovirus has been linked to twelve outbreaks on cruise ships this year, sickening nearly 1,500 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This number surpasses ...
However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported. Winslow said that other settings where the virus is likely to spread include universities, nursing homes and “even ...
According to AAA, 19 million Americans are predicted to go on ocean cruises this year, and likely thousands of them will be ...
Cruise ships aren’t usually associated with optimal health. If anything, they’ve earned a bad reputation through news cycles ...
The CDC records an outbreak when at least three percent of passengers and crew show symptoms, its vessel sanitation program ...
In 2023, the CDC reported 13 norovirus outbreaks – a norovirus outbreak is defined as when at least 3% of the cruise population is infected. In 2024, there were 15 outbreaks. So far this year ...
So far this year, there have been 16 illness outbreaks reported on cruise ships in the CDC's jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP ...
Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year. Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, ...
So far this year, there have been 16 illness outbreaks reported on cruise ships in the CDC’s jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP ...