It is that season again. For the next seven months, cruise ships will be coming to Portland, not stopping until November. It is easy for Portland to be reactive to cruise ships. They show up and ...

A chapter in JFK Jr.'s book about germ theory has shed new light on just why U.S. health policy is being changed.

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

Image via Shutterstock Talk about sea sickness! More than 150 passengers and crew have fell ill while on those much sought ...

Two disease outbreaks have been reported recently from Holland America Line ships, making six so far in 2025 for the cruise ...

A gastrointestinal issue was also identified aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Lion ship. Two of its 43 ...

So far this year, there have been 13 cases of gastrointestinal illness outbreaks, and ten of these have been attributed to ...

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

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

April 2025 saw major developments in the cruise industry, such as MSC Cruises opening the largest terminal at PortMiami, ...

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