The VSP was established in 1975 to work with the cruise industry to protect travelers’ health. The program undertakes vessel ...

Two Canadian women who became sick with Salmonella onboard Radiance of the Seas are suing Royal Caribbean for negligence.

How will cleanliness on ships be impacted as the CDC lays off cruise ship inspectors? CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg ...

Recent media stories about the status of cruise ship health inspections have confused companies and consumers because of staff reductions at the Centers ...

FOX 13's Ariel Placensia explains more about the CDC's cuts and how these cruise ships are going to move forward with future health inspections.

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 ...

In a move that feels like cutting your brakes on the way down a hill, the CDC laid off its entire team from the Vessel ...

The cuts are problematic for Florida, where passengers disembark from cruise ships with gastrointestinal viruses and often ...

The cruise ship industry finances the team to pay for the required two visits to larger ships at least twice a year. In 2025, ...