Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program show 23 GI illness outbreaks were recorded within the Vessel Sanitation Program's jurisdiction in 2025.

Passengers and crew from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were evacuated on Sunday after the vessel anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update on Friday that eight people no longer on the ship had fallen ill, including three who died – a Dutch couple and a German national; of the eight, s...