Carnival Cruise Line’s infamous 2013 “Poop Cruise” is making headlines again, thanks to Netflix’s new Trainwreck documentary.

The Vessel Sanitation Program with the CDC selects and inspects cruise ships at random if they have a foreign itinerary, a ...

CDC warns that a popular offering on cruise ships may harbor Legionnaires’ disease-causing bacteria, posing a risk to passengers who don't take the proper precautions.

W hen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of its 2024 cruise ship inspections, Norwegian Cruise Line clearly stood out. Out of the 151 ships inspected, 27 ...

Cunard Cruise Line’s also had another norovirus outbreak in late January, when over 150 people on board the Queen Victoria reported diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC.

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) incidence rates aboard cruise ships “decreased significantly” from 2006 to 2019 among voyages reviewed, according to a 2021 CDC report, declining from 32.5 cases ...

A CDC official said that it had already been hard to recruit to fill positions on the team, especially given its demanding schedule of travel to inspect cruise ships and respond to outbreaks. More ...

The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which inspects cruise ships, has been impacted by recent staffing cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. While ship inspections will ...