Norovirus is highly contagious, often spread by food or on surfaces, particularly in crowded conditions. It is a short-lived ...

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

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 13 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last ...

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

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

Thus far in 2025, the CDC has issued notifications on 16 separate cruise outbreaks, outpacing the yearly totals from 2024 and ...

Health officials have yet to determine what caused two of these outbreaks but were able to link Eurodam illnesses to the pathogen behind most of this year’s outbreaks: Norovirus. Commonly known ...

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 ...

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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 ...