The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars ...

Despite recent layoffs at Health and Human Services, the CDC confirmed its Vessel Sanitation Program will continue.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fired all sanitation inspectors for cruise ships despite their payroll not ...

The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...

Only a dozen Public Health Service officers have reportedly been left to handle current and future ship inspections, which ...

Since the start of 2025, there have been 12 outbreaks on cruise ships, mostly caused by norovirus, according to CDC records.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid off all its cruise ship inspectors, which would severely damage efforts ...

The most recent inspection was Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria on March 14, 2025, receiving a score of 96 out of 100. On March ...

A major overhaul of the agency that began with thousands of layoffs on April 1 axed a critical environmental health division ...

The infectious gastrointestinal virus has swept through the Queen Mary 2, flagship vessel of Cunard Line, affecting more than ...

The CDC laid off all of the staff in its Vessel Sanitation Program, whose salaries are paid by cruise ship company fees, according to CBS News. A smaller group of 12 U.S. Public Health Service ...