Nearly 150 cruise guests, crew sick with gastrointestinal illness on 3 ships
About 150 passengers and crew members got sick with gastrointestinal illness on three cruise ships. (more…)
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More than 30 guests, crew sick in Viking cruise gastrointestinal illness outbreak
More than 30 people got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a Viking cruise. Among 355 guests on its Viking Polaris ship, 28 reported being ill during its current voyage, along with four crew members, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (more…)
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CDC layoffs signal bad news for cruise passengers. A CDC program that’s vital to helping passengers stay healthy while cruising may have just been eliminated
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make the agency more effective to improve the health of the nation. (more…)
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Hundreds ‘vomiting’ with ‘diarrhea’ from cruise ship norovirus outbreak
Several guests and crew members on two separate ships have contracted the unpleasant illness amid their voyages, according to the CDC. (more…)
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Another norovirus outbreak on Princess Cruises ship sickens dozens of passengers and crew
Another norovirus outbreak sickened passengers on board the cruise ship Coral Princess in February, marking the second outbreak this year on the ocean liner operated by Princess Cruises, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (more…)
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Cruise Ship Sickness Leaves People ‘Throwing Up’ En Masse
A cruise ship likely carrying thousands of passengers was stuck down by a potentially deadly vomiting bug—with holidaymakers “dropping like flies” with the infection, according to one witness. (more…)
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Passengers ‘Dropping Like Flies’ As Norovirus Outbreak Hits UK Cruise Ship: All About The ‘Winter Vomiting Bug’
Norovirus outbreak on British cruise ship? Passengers ‘dropping like flies,’ claims report. Read on to know more about the ‘winter vomiting bug’ spreading rapidly in UK. (more…)
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Norovirus outbreak sickens nearly 120 guests, crew on Holland America cruise ship
A norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line cruise sickened nearly 120 people. (more…)
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Cruise ship with more than 90 sick following outbreak docks in Tampa
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating why more than 90 cruise passengers got sick on a Royal Caribbean ship that docked in Tampa on Saturday morning. (more…)
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Fourth Holland America cruise norovirus outbreak since early December sickens 60
A norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line ship sickened 60 people. Among 1,369 guests on its Volendam ship, 53 reported being ill during its current voyage along with seven crew members, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (more…)
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Over 40 people sick in gastrointestinal illness outbreak aboard luxury cruise
More than 40 people got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a Silversea Cruises ship. (more…)
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Norovirus Sickens Hundreds on Three Cruise Ships: CDC
Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government data shows. (more…)
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75+ people sick in norovirus outbreak on Holland America cruise
Nearly 80 people got sick in a norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line cruise. (more…)
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P&O Cruises update after Ventura sickness outbreak
P&O Cruises have given an update after an outbreak of sickness on board Ventura that saw passengers advised not to gather in large groups. (more…)
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Dozens fall ill with norovirus on month-long cruise between Singapore and California
Dozens of people on a month-long cruise have fallen ill with norovirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. (more…)
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Norovirus outbreak on Princess cruise ship leaves dozens of passengers, crew sick: CDC
Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess is back in Los Angeles on Sunday morning after dozens of its passengers and crew fell ill with Norovirus during its month-long journey from Singapore. (more…)
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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to cruise ship hot tubs, CDC says. The infection can lead to severe pneumonia in older and immunocompromised people
Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to U.S. cruise ship hot tubs, according to reports. (more…)
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CDC traces Legionnaires’ outbreaks on 2 cruise ships to hot tubs
Today (October 24, 2024) in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe two cruise-ship outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease tied to private balcony hot tubs. (more…)
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CDC releases list of 2024’s least sanitary cruise ships: Have you been on one?
The CDC’s top 10 worst cruise ship hygiene scores of 2024 are available after officers randomly selected and inspected the ships in its Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). (more…)
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CDC: 170 Sickened on Radiance of the Seas
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 170 people on the Radiance of the Seas were sickened with diarrhea and abdominal cramps among other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. (more…)
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Royal Caribbean Ship Reports Outbreak During Last Alaska Sailing
Passengers on the final 2024 Alaska cruise for Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas did not have the cruise they may have hoped for when a gastrointestinal illness outbreak made its way through the vessel. (more…)
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75 people aboard P&O cruise ship sick in gastrointestinal illness outbreak
More than 70 people on a P&O Cruises sailing got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak (more…)
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United plane undergoing ‘deep cleaning’ after cruise ship passengers fall ill on Vancouver-Houston flight
A United Airlines plane is being removed from service after several passengers on a flight from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, felt sick. (more…)
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P&O Cruises introduces new infection control measures onboard Ventura
P&O Cruises delayed embarkation ahead of Ventura’s current cruise by seven hours on Saturday (25 May) as part of new measures designed to reduce the spread of infection onboard. (more…)
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Cruise ship Ventura to get deep clean after norovirus spread
Health officials are working closely with the owners of a cruise liner following a norovirus outbreak. (more…)
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People onboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship Allure of the Seas report being sick in gastrointestinal illness outbreak
It appears a case of food poisoning on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas has resulted in sick passengers and a delay in the ship not allowed to disembark at one port. (more…)
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More than 250 passengers taken ill after suspected ‘vomiting bug’ outbreak aboard cruise ship, report says
More than 250 passengers on a P&O cruise ship have fallen ill with suspected norovirus. (more…)
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Nearly 30 Silversea Cruise passengers sickened by outbreak on board
28 passengers and one crew member fell ill with stomach bug on luxury Silver Nova cruise liner, the CDC reported. (more…)
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Cruise Sailing Interrupted After Suspected Cholera Outbreak
Passengers planning to board Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) Norwegian Dawn in Mauritius on Sunday found there was no ship for them to board. (more…)
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Southampton-Newcastle cruise cancelled due to ‘gastro-related illness’
A two-night cruise from Southampton to Newcastle, which was priced at less than the rail and air fare, has been cancelled “following on from some reported cases of gastro-related illness on board”. (more…)
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Norwegian Dawn: Mauritius says cruise ship can dock after cholera scare
Mauritius has given a Norwegian cruise ship the all clear to dock at the capital Port Louis after finding no evidence of cholera onboard. (more…)
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Thousands stranded on Norwegian Dawn cruise ship hit by possible cholera outbreak
A Norwegian cruise ship with over 2,000 passengers and 1,000 crew on board has been denied permission to dock in Mauritius over fears of a potential cholera outbreak on board. (more…)
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Gastrointestinal outbreak hits luxury cruise ship headed from SF to Hawaii
Nearly 160 people suffered from vomiting and diarrhea aboard a luxury cruise ship that has since departed from San Francisco, health officials confirmed, and it’s still unclear what caused the mysterious gastrointestinal outbreak. (more…)
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More than 100 passengers ill on Cunard cruise ship after sickness outbreak
More than 100 passengers on a cruise holiday gave fallen ill after an outbreak of sickness on a Cunard ship. (more…)
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100 People Fall Ill With Norovirus Aboard Cruise Ship
Aboard the Celebrity Constellation, 92 out of 2,056 passengers, plus eight crew members, fell ill with norovirus during the course of a nine-day voyage that ended on Friday. (more…)
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From COVID to gastro, why are cruise ships such hotbeds of infection?
Dual outbreaks of gastro and COVID on the Grand Princess cruise ship that docked in Adelaide on Monday have now been declared over by the doctor on board. (more…)
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Over Six Dozen People Sickened On Scarlet Lady
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that 73 (66 passengers and 7 crew members) on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady cruise ship reported being ill during the cruise that ended in Miami on Friday, with complaints of abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. (more…)
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More than 100 Viking cruise passengers were hit with bouts of vomiting and diarrhea amid a nasty norovirus outbreak onboard
The Viking Neptune transformed into a cross-continental petri dish as more than 100 passengers onboard the cruise ship fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus this month. (more…)
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Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak on Viking Neptune Cruise Ship Sickens Over 12% of Guests
12.7% of the 838 passengers aboard the Viking Neptune cruise ship are experiencing abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (more…)
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CDC: 10 of 12 cruise ship outbreaks due to norovirus year to date
In a follow-up on previous reports on cruise ship outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), officials did an update last week showing that ten of the 12 outbreaks investigated were due to norovirus (see list below). (more…)
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