The CDC has strengthened its Vessel Sanitation Program by introducing mandatory water system risk assessments, routine monitoring, and documented remediation steps to address Legionnaires’ disease risks on cruise ships. This marks a shift toward ...

The Center for Disease Control has released its 2025 scores for cruise ship cleanliness. Each year, the CDC visits hundreds of ships to make sure that they are staying compliant with the health and hygiene rules. As a former cruise ship crew member myself ...

A cruise ship with over 140 passengers on board, including more than a dozen Americans, is being evacuated after a hantavirus outbreak that has resulted in three deaths.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship — the first one of the year that's been reported. The Holland America Line was hit with a norovirus outbreak that sickened nearly 90 ...

The cleanest cruise ships have been revealed in a new study — and some of the findings may surprise cruise lovers. The study, which compiled data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) annual health and hygiene inspections, ranked a ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun an investigation into an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that affected more than two dozen people aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Mariner last month. The agency says ...