Infectious disease expert Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, notes norovirus is “known obviously as the cruise ship virus.” Norovirus is notoriously ...

He noted that a cruise ship is also a “closed environment” where people cannot as easily distance themselves from others. “I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a ...

Even Disney Cruise Line is getting in on the act with new ship Disney Adventure taking 6,700 Mickey Mouse fans, and then there are the likes of P&O Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), whose ...

Cruise ship deaths are actually very rare, Sadly, many of those deaths are suicides. A study in the International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health examined cruise ship deaths between ...

Getty A cruise ship passenger has reportedly died after being detained for threatening behavior onboard a Royal Caribbean vessel heading to Mexico. Michael Virgil, 35, reportedly died within an ...

Remembering Bug, Celebrity Cruises' biggest feline celebrityAs the oceangoing companion of Capt. Kate McCue, master of the Celebrity Beyond, the hairless cat Bug Naked was known and loved ...

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Bear in mind that the European Health Insurance Card (Ehic) and new Global Health Insurance Card (Ghic) won't cover the cost of a rescue from a cruise ship, so relying on them alone could prove ...

A Royal Caribbean cruise en route from California to Mexico turned tragic after a passenger died aboard the Navigator of the Seas ship. Passenger Michael Virgil, 35, was detained by security on ...

Yet most travelers will only be on the ship for a few days. The world's second-largest cruise ship, which launched in July, sails exclusively on three- and four-night Caribbean itineraries from ...