Recent media stories about the status of cruise ship health inspections have confused companies and consumers because of staff reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, the CDC is continuing the inspections under the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), according to a statement by an agency spokesperson to
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More than 240 people have been sickened by a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there has been a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on the Cunard Line ship Queen Mary 2.
According to Cunard’s website, the ship sailed from Southampton in England
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A norovirus outbreak sickened more than 80 people aboard Carnival’s Princess Cruises ship Coral Princess during a 16-night voyage that docked in Fort Lauderdale on March 9, 2025, marking the latest in a troubling wave of gastrointestinal illnesses plaguing cruise ships in 2025.
The outbreak, reported to the Centers for
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreak affects over 80 on Coral Princess as cruise ship cases surge in 2025
Winter is nasty in many parts of the country, but its not just about ice and snow and those gusty winds, It’s also about what the Europeans used to call “the vomiting disease.”
We now call it Norovirus, and cases this winter are running at the highest levels in more
Continue Reading Ice and snow and vomiting disease all part of nasty winter
It’s cruise season and that means it’s norovirus season for vacationers who opt for trips on the high seas.
The most recently reported outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which often starts as a foodborne situation, was on P&O Cruises ship the Arcadia. People were sick during the voyage which
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships not uncommon
The United Kingdom has reported 24 cases of Salmonella linked to travel on cruise ships.
Salmonella Enteritidis cases are from cruise ships visiting destinations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The outbreak was detected through whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis. They have sampling dates from May 6 to 21,
Continue Reading Salmonella cases in UK from food on cruise ships confirmed with WGS
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The holiday cruise season is steaming toward the New Year having logged less than one foodborne illness outbreak a month thus far in 2017 that met the CDC’s criteria for public posting.
As of Dec. 8, there had been 10 such outbreaks involving nine ships from five cruise lines, according
Continue Reading CDC reports cruise ship outbreaks mostly norovirus
Almost 200 people on one of the world’s largest cruise ships are sick with what public health officials say appears to be a foodborne illness from the boat’s bottomless buffet.
Part of the Royal Caribbean International fleet, the American-owned Ovation of the Seas has more than 5,800 people on board
Continue Reading Gigantic cruise ship hit with foodborne illness outbreak
Outbreaks from foodborne pathogens on cruise ships in the past couple of years provided high-profile headlines, but federal statistics suggest the risk factor for passengers is relatively low.
Between 2008 and 2014, about 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in U.S. jurisdictions. During that time, 129,678 passengers had illnesses
Continue Reading CDC says cruises pose low risk for acute gastroenteritis
