Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last ...

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

Norovirus has been linked to twelve outbreaks on cruise ships in 2025, sickening nearly 1,500 people, according to CDC data.

Joint government health agencies monitor and share data for cross-border vessels; ‘work has not been stopped’ despite recent ...

A “newly dominant strain” of norovirus has increased outbreaks of the stomach bug onboard cruise ships, says a US public ...

Norovirus cases on cruise ships are well on track to exceed last year's number just four months into 2024 - and experts say a ...

Thirteen gastrointestinal illness outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships in 2025, with ten attributed to norovirus. This number surpasses pre-pandemic levels and is on track to exceed 2024's ...

Of 16 gastrointestinal illness outbreaks recorded by the CDC this year on cruise ships, including e.coli, 12 have been confirmed as norovirus. An agency review also found a “possible ...