Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight ...

“I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a number of environmental factors,” Winslow said. However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported .

Norovirus, the "cruise ship virus" Princess Cruises also dealt with a norovirus outbreak this month on its Ruby Princess ship during a cruise that started on Dec. 2 and ended on Wednesday.

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More than 200 cruise ship passengers were infected with norovirus on a transatlantic voyage that is currently still at sea. Here's what to know about the illness.

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However, if 2025 is seeing higher reported cases of norovirus on land, you can expect cruise ship cases to rise accordingly.

A norovirus outbreak on a Princess Cruises ship last week caused 82 people to suffer vomiting and diarrhea on their nearly three-week-long journey from California to Florida, health officials said.

Hundreds of people on cruise ships have been sickened in five separate outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness this month, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In all ...

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

Myth: Cruise ships are floating Petri dishes and norovirus outbreaks are rampant ...

Are cruise ship norovirus outbreaks on the rise? The recent outbreaks represent an increase from before COVID-19 shut down the cruise industry for over a year. There were 10 gastrointestinal ...