Cruise Ship Illness: Why Are Ships So Prone to Norovirus Outbreaks?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140128-cruise-ship-royal-caribbean-nation-health-science-virus/
Though the number of news reports on cruise ship illnesses could make it seem like such outbreaks are on the rise, they're not any more prevalent than in the 1990s and 2000s. Instead, "People are more aware of it because of the media and better ...
Update: Cruise line CEO unaware of outbreak on his own boat?
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/norwegian-cruise-line-ceo-164025670.html
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCHL) was in New York Monday ringing the bell at the Nasdaq to celebrate the one year anniversary of its IPO -- shares have risen more than 40% since the third-largest cruise company went public, beating shares of ...
Cruise Out of Control: The 13 Worst Norovirus Outbreaks on Cruise Ships
http://healthland.time.com/2014/01/27/cruise-out-of-control-the-13-worst-norovirus-outbreaks-on-cruise-ships/
With the latest report of a stomach bug sickening more than 600 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, we took a look at similar recent outbreaks on cruises and found more than a dozen in just the last five years. While the ill passengers aboard the ...
Scientists link two plagues of the past ? and warn of future outbreaks
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/scientists-link-two-plagues-past-warn-future-outbreaks-2D12006178
LONDON ? Scientists say two of the deadliest pandemics in history were caused by strains of the same plague and warn that new versions of the bacteria could spark future outbreaks. Researchers found tiny bits of DNA in the teeth of two German victims ...
Vaccines Could Have Stopped These Outbreaks (MAP)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/anti-vaccine-movement-map_n_4654150.html
Want to know how the anti-vaccine movement has affected preventable outbreaks? Check out this fascinating map illustrating vaccine-preventable outbreaks. Created by the Council on Foreign Relations, the graphic shows all of the world's outbreaks from ...
Map of preventable disease outbreaks shows the influence of anti-vaccination ...
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5329478/vaccine-preventable-disease-outbreaks-show-anti-vaccine-movement-influence
The Council of Foreign Relations Global Health Program started tracking news reports about vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks late in 2008. It has now produced an interactive map that shows that data, tracking the number of recorded cases of ...
Recipe for outbreak: Sick food workers
http://www.startribune.com/business/241989591.html
But at least 57 people got sick after they attended the Totino-Grace and Fridley banquets, one of the state's largest norovirus outbreaks in the past seven years, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The actual number is likely higher given ...
The Extent of America's (Totally Unnecessary) Whooping Cough Outbreak
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/map-shows-extent-americas-totally-unnecessary-whooping-cough-outbreaks/8162/
The number of whooping cough cases in California jumped 61 percent in one year, from 1,023 in 2012 to 1,669 in 2013, according to a recent report from the California Department of Health. The majority of the sufferers? Kids between the ages of seven ...
