Gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on Princess Cruises and Viking ships sickened nearly 150 people. Among 1,894 guests aboard ...

Norovirus causes an inflammation of the stomach or intestines called acute gastroenteritis, according to the CDC. The virus ...

William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works the best. Those hand ...

The cases mark the fourth norovirus outbreak on Holland America ships since early December, following others on its Eurodam, ...

The Washington Post first reported on the CDC's data, which found that in December alone, 781 cruise ship passengers and 109 crew members had fallen sick. The highly contagious norovirus is the No.

and when at least 3 percent of passengers or crew report symptoms. Between 2006 and 2019, according to the CDC, there were an average of 12 norovirus outbreaks a year on ships porting in the ...

This incident follows a series of norovirus outbreaks on ... rates increased with increasing ship size and voyage length,” the report said. “For crew members, rates were significantly higher ...

Coral Princess is scheduled to arrive in Fort Lauderdale on February 5. Although afflicted passengers can recover from the illness in one to three days, the CDC reports they may still spread norovirus ...

Another small ship has been impacted by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, the fourth one reported so far this year.