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Another cruise, another norovirus outbreak!
I don't understand cruising, and never will. Call me an cruise killjoy, I don't care. I'm just over here, not on a floating petri dish, trying to avoid infectious diseases including COVID-19, measles, ...
There have been 18 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruises that met the CDC’s threshold for public notification in 2025, most of which were caused by norovirus.
By mid-May 2025, the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP)–responsible for the health of ship travelers–had already recorded 12 confirmed norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships.
A dream vacation quickly turned into a nightmare for more than 140 people aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, as ...
CDC Follows Advice of Ousted Vaccine Panel, Expands Access to RSV Shot — RFK Jr. also endorsed a new option for meningococcal vaccination ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC vaccine panel have been casting doubt on the hepatitis B shot and the practice of vaccinating newborns.
Some of the biggest increases in emergency room visits for COVID-19 have happened in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast.
The CDC adopted the panel's recommendations for the use of vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus and meningococcal disease, a serious bacterial infection, on June 25, the agency's website ...
Dozens of pediatricians came to Capitol Hill seeking continued access to routine shots for kids, a month after the Trump administration cleaned house at the federal vaccine advisory committee.
The CDC published a new recommendation this week calling for some adults ages 50 to 59 to get vaccinated for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight new members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) -- some of whom were seen as contrarians during the COVID-19 pandemic.