A month ago, we last discussed gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreaks on cruise ships when Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Cruise Line’s Seabourn Encore both sickened 226 passengers and crew members. These two outbreaks brought the total number of CDC-reportable cruise ship-related illnesses to twelve for 2025. Since that time, a lot
Due to cuts by the Trump Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now lacking the staff and resources to continue cruise ship health inspections under the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP).
“Restructuring plans” by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK, Jr.) wiped out
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there have been recent norovirus outbreaks on both Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Cruise Line’s the Seabourn Encore which have sickened 226 passengers and crew members.
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 had approximately 2,538 guests of which 183 passengers and 14 crew members were
There has been a fourth (4th) norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ship this year. This time, on March 7th, the virus struck the Rotterdam ship. There were eighty-nine (89) ill passengers and four (4) ill crew members reported with this highly contagious gastrointestinal illness.
There have been ten (10)
Numerous newspapers have been reporting that cruise ships operated by Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean International experienced gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks in the last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initially reported that norovirus outbreaks sickened over three percent of the passengers on both the Sapphire Princess, operated by Princess, and the
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.
This year, there have been 14 gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships
The number of people infected with gastrointestinal illness aboard the Ruby Princess increased to over 300 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC).
We previously reported that the CDC initially indicated that at least two-hundred and nineteen passengers and crew became ill, experiencing vomiting and diarrhea aboard Princess Cruises’ ship, Ruby Princess
At least two-hundred and nineteen passengers and crew became ill, experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, from a gastrointestinal illness aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess which has returned this morning to Galveston, Texas following a cruise to the Caribbean.
199 of 2,881 (6.61%) of the passengers reported ill during the cruise, as well as 20 of 1,159
More than 100 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailing in the Caribbean have become sick with a gastrointestinal illness, according to at least one guest who has contacted this blog.
The outbreak reportedly occurred on the Oasis of The Seas which called on the port of Falmouth, Jamaica yesterday. The guest states that
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 73 people have reported sick, with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, on Holland America’s Zaandam during a cruise through Alaska.
58 of all passengers (3.94% of 1,472) and 15 of all crew members (2.54% of 591) have reported ill to the ship infirmary