Norovirus outbreak on Princess cruise ship to Alaska, Canada sickens 125 passengers and crew
A norovirus outbreak aboard a Princess cruise ship sickened 125 passengers and crew members during a voyage in the North Pacific that ended on Thursday.
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A norovirus outbreak aboard a Princess cruise ship sickened 125 passengers and crew members during a voyage in the North Pacific that ended on Thursday.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
San Francisco Bay Area health officials provided an update on a resident who was exposed to the hantavirus during a cruise in the Atlantic, adding that the risk to the public remains low.
A San Francisco Bay Area resident who was a passenger on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being monitored, health officials said.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
American passengers who left the MV Hondius cruise ship in April are being monitored for hantavirus in at least five states, health officials said.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
Passengers aboard the ship are in good spirits but may have to quarantine for "eight weeks," a World Health Organization official told CBS News.
Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury.
The Coast Guard said the woman had suffered sudden cardiac arrest and the man was experiencing "complete esophageal obstruction."
The CDC said 69 passengers and 16 crew on board the Princess Cruises ship Coral Princess reported falling ill with norovirus during a recent voyage.
Over 50 passengers and 15 crew members reported being ill with norovirus on a month-long cruise on the Coral Princess.
"The health and safety of passengers as well as that of the country as a whole are of the utmost importance to the authorities," the port authority of Mauritius said.
A man was airlifted from a cruise ship near the coast of Monterey earlier this week, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.
After three days of being stuck in San Francisco following a pier collision, the passengers on the Ruby Princess cruise ship are finally able to enjoy their trip to Alaska. Anne Makovec checks in with their voyage. Read more here
The Ruby Princess at last set sail for Alaska Sunday afternoon after repairs were made to damage caused with the dock in San Francisco last week.
On Sunday, the Ruby Princess cruise ship left San Francisco, ending an unscheduled 3-day stay in the city by the bay. John Ramos reports. Read more here
The good news for Ruby Princess passengers who have been sitting at Pier 27 for a day and a half: Their Alaska cruise is still a go. The bad news, they won't set sail until at least Sunday. Betty Yu reports. (7-7-23)
A Princess Cruises ship that was damaged after crashing into the pier while docking in San Francisco Thursday is not expected to leave until Sunday, passengers said.
Crews are assessing the damage to a Princess cruise ship in San Francisco after the ship struck the dock upon arrival Thursday morning.
An elderly man had to be taken off of a cruise ship by the U.S. Coast Guard near Alcatraz Island earlier this week after he suffered an injury aboard the ship.
