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A new norovirus strain has contributed to the recent uptick in cruise ship outbreaks, and the bad year for vacation illness ...
The cuts are problematic for Florida, where passengers disembark from cruise ships with gastrointestinal viruses and often ...
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said cruise ship inspections will continue amid government layoffs, an official said the task will be more challenging for remaining workers. The ...
Only a dozen Public Health Service officers have reportedly been left to handle current and future ship inspections, which ...
The federal government’s ability to investigate disease outbreaks on cruise ships was dealt a severe blow recently. CBS News ...
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars ...
Two Canadian women who became sick with Salmonella onboard Radiance of the Seas are suing Royal Caribbean for negligence.
The Trump administration’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has laid off all full-time staff from the CDC’s Vessel ...
The gastrointestinal illness outbreak at Vernon Jubilee Hospital is over. According to the Interior Health outbreak website, ...
A gastrointestinal illness outbreak continues at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Interior Health declared the norovirus outbreak on ...
The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...
The CDC employees whose jobs were cut were responsible for inspecting ships for sanitation, monitoring, tracking and assisting with gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships. The epidemiologist ...