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Why cruise ships are battling so many norovirus outbreaks
Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last ...
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Norovirus Outbreaks Surge on Cruise Ships—Here's How the CDC Says Passengers Should Protect Themselves
Outbreaks are tracked by the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). Recently, the the VSP was impacted by government staffing ...
Nearly 150 cruise guests, crew sick with gastrointestinal illness on 3 ships
A gastrointestinal issue was also identified aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Lion ship. Two of its 43 ...
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More Than 150 Passengers And Crew Fall Ill As Sickness Sweeps Across 3 Cruise Ships
Image via Shutterstock Talk about sea sickness! More than 150 passengers and crew have fell ill while on those much sought ...
New ‘dominant’ strain of norovirus sparking outbreaks on cruise ships
New ‘dominant’ strain of norovirus sparking outbreaks on cruise ships - Twelve outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness have ...
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Two More Outbreaks on Separate Holland America Line Ships
Two disease outbreaks have been reported recently from Holland America Line ships, making six so far in 2025 for the cruise ...
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New dominant norovirus strain may be cause of higher cruise ship outbreaks, CDC says
Thirteen gastrointestinal illness outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships in 2025, with ten attributed to norovirus. This number surpasses pre-pandemic levels and is on track to exceed 2024's ...
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Norovirus strikes, again: How to survive a cruise with the stomach bug
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 ...