Passengers and crew members got sick with norovirus during two back-to-back outbreaks aboard a Cunard Line ship. Among 2,565 guests on its Queen Mary 2 vessel, 326 reported being ill during its current voyage,

Beth Knowles and her family left on a Caribbean cruise in late December, but they missed every port. They got too sick to disembark during a norovirus outbreak on board. Knowles got an email from Cunard Line one day before their Dec.

Last year, there were 16 outbreaks on cruise ships, from norovirus, salmonella, E. coli or other unidentified pathogens that cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea or vomiting. That's the largest number of cruise ship outbreaks in 12 years.

More than 265 cases of illness have been reported aboard Queen Mary 2, the second consecutive sailing impacted by an outbreak.

Health officials say the “often crowded, semi-enclosed” cruise ship environment can facilitate the spread of diseases and that outbreaks can be sustained by crew members who s

In December alone, the CDC reported five separate outbreaks on four different ships — sickening more than 800 people. All of the outbreaks were caused by the highly contagious norovirus.

In December alone five cruise ships from Cunard, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises, all Carnival-owned brands, reported norovirus outbreaks affecting hundreds of passengers. An outbreak is declared when 3% or more of a ship's passengers and crew come down with gastrointestinal problems.

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The CDC counted 15 disease outbreaks on cruise ship lines in 2024, with several seeing repeats. None occurred on Texas-based routes, however.

A virus known as the stomach bug that has surged across parts of the country is the cause of nearly all diarrhea outbreaks reported on cruise ships that docked at U.S. ports in 2024, federal data shows.