CDC Reports Most Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreaks On Cruise Ships In 2024 In Over A Decade

The Washington Post (12/31, Sampson) reported, “Hundreds of people on cruise ships have been sickened in five separate outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness this month, according to the” CDC. Norovirus “is to blame in three of those outbreaks; the cause of the most recent two is still unknown, the CDC says.” This comes as “the CDC counted 16 stomach illness outbreaks on cruise ships this year, the most since 2012, which also saw 16.” On Tuesday, “the most updated data showed that 1,894 passengers and 245 crew got sick with stomach bugs this year.”