A passenger contacted Cruise Law News stating several people fell ill on the National Geographic Sea Bird during the ship’s July 15–20 voyage. The passenger, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated they, two people in their party, a crew member, and several others became sick during the voyage.
The passenger reported that people had diarrhea
Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird suffered its third CDC reported gastrointestinal (GI) illness outbreak since May 2026, this time sickening at least 29% of passengers.
The first CDC reported outbreak occurred on the ship’s May 26–May 31 voyage, when 9 of 66 passengers and
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess during its June 12 to July 2 Alaska voyage originating in San Francisco, California. This is the third CDC-reported norovirus outbreak on a Princess Cruises ship in 2026, more than any other cruise line.
The CDC first reported the
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting another norovirus outbreak aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird, making it the second norovirus outbreak involving the small expedition ship in approximately one month.
The CDC reported that the outbreak occurred during the National Geographic Sea Bird’s June 25 to June 30
A gastrointestinal illness outbreak sickened 12 people aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird during a late-May Alaska voyage, the CDC said.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the Caribbean Princess has a norovirus outbreak on its current 13-day Caribbean voyage originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The CDC states that 145 passengers and 15 crew members are sick with the virus.
The total number of sick passengers and crew members may increase as
On March 12 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 104 passengers and 49 crew members are sick with norovirus on the Star Princess. The Princess Cruises owned ship is currently on a March 7 – March 14 Caribbean voyage.
The CDC monitors gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses on cruise ships as part
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the Rotterdam cruise ship operated by Holland America Line (HAL) experienced a norovirus outbreak during the ship’s Caribbean voyage from December 28, 2025 through January 9, 2026.
The Carnival Corporation-owned ship had eighty-one (81) guests and eight (8) crew members sickened with vomiting and diarrhea
AIDA Cruises reported to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that 95 passengers and 6 crew members are sick with norovirus on its AIDAdiva ship. The AIDAdiva is currently in port in Colón, Panama as part of its 133-day cruise originating from Hamburg, Germany.
As part of the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP)
The Oceania Insignia reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that 74 passengers and 1 crew member are sick with Norovirus. This is the first gastrointestinal (GI) outbreak for Oceania Cruises and the 20th outbreak across all cruise lines this year.
Twenty GI outbreaks are the most ever reported by the CDC
Ninety-eight people have fallen ill with norovirus aboard Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, according to a CDC report on September 28th. The outbreak includes 94 passengers and 4 crew members on the ship’s one-way voyage from San Diego to Miami, which began September 19th and ends October 2nd.
This is the
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
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
On March 7th, a norovirus outbreak occurred on Holland America Line’s (HAL) Rotterdam bringing the total number of gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks on cruise ships this year to ten. A total of eighty-nine (89) passengers and four (4) crew members were reported ill during the voyage on the Rotterdam.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 170 people on the Radiance of the Seas were sickened with diarrhea and abdominal cramps among other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. The CDC reports that during the last cruise (September 20th– September 27th), 167 out
Seventy-five people (65 guests and 10 crew members) were sick with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms on the Arcadia cruise ship when the P&O Cruises ship arrived in the port of New York this week.
The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that 3.32%
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) reports that the Silver Nova cruise ship operated by Silversea Cruises is experiencing a gastrointestinal (GI) outbreak which has sickened 23 of 633 passengers (3.63%) and 1 of 538 crew members (0.19%). The predominant symptom reported by the CDC is diarrhea.
