“I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a number of environmental factors,” Winslow said. However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported .

Norovirus, the "cruise ship virus" Princess Cruises also dealt with a norovirus outbreak this month on its Ruby Princess ship during a cruise that started on Dec. 2 and ended on Wednesday.

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Reports of norovirus on cruise ships have become more frequent in recent years. Whenever I hear a report about a norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, I worry about my next cruise.

A norovirus outbreak on the luxury cruise ship Queen Mary 2 has sickened over 224 passengers and 17 crew members, according to the CDC. Credit: joseph roland - stock.adobe.com.

So far this year, there have been 16 illness outbreaks reported on cruise ships in the CDC's jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP ...

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year.