But another statistic in the world of cruising is on the up, and it’s not a good one: the latest data from the US Centers for ...

Last year was the cruise industry's worst in more than a decade for outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on ships in the U.S ...

The CDC inspects hundreds of cruise ship yearly. Some cruise lines and cruise parent companies score better than others.

Cruise ships saw the highest number of stomach bug illnesses since 2012 with 16 outbreaks impacting a total of 1,894 ...

The popularity of the cruise industry continues to grow and multiply and along with that development, there’s some less than ...

Five of the cruise ship outbreaks took place in December alone, according to CDC data. Those outbreaks caused 781 passengers and 109 crew members to become ill, with most of those experiencing ...

Cruise ship workers use “strict cleaning and sanitation ... that standard is only upheld by mandated monitoring by the CDC. It can be quite an experience to read the inspection reports.

The CDC also notes that “outbreaks are found and reported more quickly on a cruise ship than on land,” thanks to reporting protocols. On average, some 19-21 million instances of norovirus ...

In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States reported a significant increase in ...