Norovirus is also hard to kill on surfaces, where it can live for days to weeks. If someone in your household vomits in the bathroom, you need to clean every contaminated surface with a disinfectant (typically bleach). The virus also can spread through contaminated food.
Norovirus has torn through the U.S. this winter, peaking early in some parts of the country but taking hold in South Florida over the last few weeks. Experts say every person who gets it passes it
Holland America has reported its fourth norovirus outbreak of 2025 on a cruise out of Port Everglades, with nearly 150 passengers and 10 crew members falling ill.
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A cruise ship carrying 158 passengers and crew members with norovirus docked in Florida on Saturday. The Holland America Eurodam returned to Port Everglades after a 10-day trip around the Caribbean. CBS 42 Road to the Final Four: Morning Edition 3/3 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began monitoring a norovirus outbreak on the ship on Feb.
“None of those things are common with norovirus.” That said, you can still get a fever or aches with norovirus, according to the CDC. So if you experience those symptoms along with gastrointestinal issues, you might have the illness. The virus spreads ...
The latest report marks the eighth gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a cruise ship in just the first two months of the year, the healthy agency said.
It’s been an intense winter for numerous illnesses in the northern hemisphere this year, with flu and norovirus circulating at their highest rate for years.
A norovirus outbreak was reported on a Holland America Line cruise ship on Sunday, the cruise line's second to be tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this month.
Norovirus spreads easily and often causes vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, although people usually recover in a few days. And the virus has many names — stomach flu, stomach bug and cruise ship virus, although you can also get sick on land.
Dozens of passengers aboard a cruise ship that left from Florida have been sickened with norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program.Holland America Line's Eurodam left Port Everglades,
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