Staffers working as part of a CDC program that monitors and investigates cruise ship outbreaks were recently laid off, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

It's a bad year to be brought low on the high seas, with a new Norovirus strain colliding with significant cuts among the ...

The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which inspects cruise ships, has been impacted by recent staffing cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. While ship inspections will continue, ...

Cue the steel drums anyway because cruises have bounced back from COVID. Florida welcomed a record number of passengers ...