This year marked the worst in over a decade for stomach bug outbreaks on cruise ships docking in the US, according to the ...

The cruise industry continues to balloon — with ever bigger, ever wilder boats and some 37.1 million cruise passengers set to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has conducted sanitary inspections on dozens of cruise ships this year, with most receiving passing scores of 95 or above. However, 27 ships earned ...

Continue reading Entering the final day of 2024, the CDC counted 16 stomach illness outbreaks on cruise ships this year, the ...

The CDC has reported two more outbreaks heading into 2025 on cruise ships from Holland America Line and Oceania Cruises.

For cruise ships, scoring an 85 out of 100 on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program review is considered a failure. In 2024, the CDC reported 13 bacterial and ...

In 2024, the CDC awarded 27 cruise ships with perfect sanitation scores, including Regent Seven Seas' Seven Seas Grandeur.Brittany Chang/Business Insider The CDC randomly inspects and scores ...

“For crew members, rates were significantly higher on extra-large ships (19.8 per 100,000 travel ... with public health ...

"Norovirus can be especially challenging to control on cruise ships because of the close living quarters, shared dining areas and rapid turnover of passengers," according to the CDC. "When the ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of these outbreaks were a result of the highly contagious norovirus, ...

The CDC conducts random surprise sanitary inspections on cruise ships, scoring the ship on a scale from zero to 100. The review looks at common spaces such as pools and activity centers ...

CDC data suggests the majority of 2024 gastrointestinal outbreaks at sea were associated with the highly contagious norovirus. In December alone, five cruise ships were stricken with the vomiting ...