William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works the best. Those hand ...

Gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on Princess Cruises and Viking ships sickened nearly 150 people. Among 1,894 guests aboard ...

If you answered "norovirus," you'd be correct ... and keep themselves isolated in their cabins. On ships where outbreaks occur, the crew conducts a deep cleaning of the ship after passengers ...

Coral Princess is scheduled to arrive in Fort Lauderdale on February 5. Although afflicted passengers can recover from the ...

A norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line ship sickened 60 people. Among 1,369 guests on its Volendam ship, 53 reported being ill during its current voyage along with seven crew members ...

An outbreak is declared when 3% or more of a ship's passengers and crew come down with gastrointestinal problems. Norovirus on a ship is not pleasant, but these outbreaks have been largely contained.

They got too sick to disembark during a norovirus outbreak on ... rates increased with increasing ship size and voyage length,” the report said. “For crew members, rates were significantly ...

Norwegian police seized a Russian-crewed ship on suspicion of being involved in causing “serious damage” to a fiber cable in ...

Another small ship has been impacted by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, the fourth one reported so far this year.

The authorities said they believed the vessel may have been involved in damaging the cable, the latest act of apparent ...

along with 12 crew members, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Their main symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus, according to the health agency. The ship ...