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 ...

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

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

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.

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New ‘dominant’ strain of norovirus sparking outbreaks on cruise ships - Twelve outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness have ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told USA Today that a rise in norovirus outbreaks on land could be influencing cases of the illness recorded at sea. It said: “CDC data show ...

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 ...

A “newly dominant strain” of norovirus has increased outbreaks of the stomach bug onboard cruise ships, says a US public health agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...