According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were nearly as many outbreaks by mid-2025 as there ...

“I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a number of environmental factors,” Winslow said. However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported .

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 outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight ...

According to AAA, 19 million Americans are predicted to go on ocean cruises this year, and likely thousands of them will be ...

Travellers planning to set sail this season can rest a little easier—cruise ships aren't the norovirus breeding grounds ...

The CDC records an outbreak when at least three percent of passengers and crew show symptoms, its vessel sanitation program ...

Reports of norovirus on cruise ships have become more frequent in recent years. Whenever I hear a report about a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, I worry about my next cruise.

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 ...

Does the idea of a cruise not float your boat because of all the tales of passenger woe floating around the blogosphere?

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year.

Myth: Cruise ships are floating Petri dishes and norovirus outbreaks are rampant Reality: "We hear about norovirus on cruise ships because they're required to report norovirus cases that exceed a ...