Norovirus is highly contagious, often spread by food or on surfaces, particularly in crowded conditions. It is a short-lived ...

Outbreaks are tracked by the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). Recently, the the VSP was impacted by government staffing ...

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 13 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last ...

The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...

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 ...

Cruise ship passengers warned of latest norovirus threat after outbreaks - Norovirus is the most common ailment tracked on ...

For comparison, there were 18 in all of 2024 and 14 the year prior, with norovirus listed as the causative agent in 15 and 13 of those, respectively. With the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP ...

The CDC reports that a "newly dominant" norovirus strain might be causing increased outbreaks on cruise ships, with 10 of 13 ...

There are no antivirals to treat norovirus, and the CDC warns against taking antibiotics because the medication won't work and can lead to dangerous antibiotic resistance. The best way to get ...

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There have been 16 separate outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on board cruise ships that met the CDC’s criteria for public notification thus far in 2025. Of the 13 outbreak, 10 were norovirus.