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Articles tagged “cdc”

Coronavirus

Cruise Lines’ Booking Practices in a Pandemic Are ‘Astonishing’: CDC Official

Cruise lines have been selling tickets for cruises all spring and summer long, despite it now being quite clear they were not ready to safely resume sailing. What gives?

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

Cruise Lines’ Booking Practices in a Pandemic Are ‘Astonishing’: CDC Official

Coronavirus

CDC Extends No Sail Order Banning Cruises Until October

The CDC's extension to its no sail order isn't entirely surprising, but it will make certain more financial pain for major cruise lines that are furiously raising cash to survive.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

CDC Extends No Sail Order Banning Cruises Until October

Airlines

Airline Industry Tangles With Trump Administration Over Temperature Checks

Airlines need all the help they can get in restoring consumer confidence to fly, but the White House may not be aligned with that mission.

David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinsk, Reuters | 4 years ago

Airline Industry Tangles With Trump Administration Over Temperature Checks

Coronavirus

Carnival Plans to Set Sail Again, or Does It? Behind the Confusion and Controversy

This isn't the first time Carnival has announced a return to cruising in the last month. What's needed here is specifics on how things will be different (and safer) when ships set sail again.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

Carnival Plans to Set Sail Again, or Does It? Behind the Confusion and Controversy

Airlines

A European Travel Ban to the U.S. Came At Least 5 Weeks Too Late: Here’s a Timeline of the Fallout

If airlines and travelers are counting on airport screenings and quarantines to be a effective counter-measures in the absence of a coronavirus vaccine, the CDC said these tactics will "have less impact" when transmissions are widespread. Everything depends on effective vaccines.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

A European Travel Ban to the U.S. Came At Least 5 Weeks Too Late: Here’s a Timeline of the Fallout

Coronavirus

Cruise Industry Defies New 100-Day ‘No Sail’ Order

The cruise industry appears to be taking a contrarian stance to U.S. public health officials, a move that's baffling given the industry's need to rehabilitate its image.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

Cruise Industry Defies New 100-Day ‘No Sail’ Order

Cruises

9 Worst Cruise Virus Outbreaks in the Past 10 Years

These voyages stand out for the particularly high percentages of ill passengers onboard, but the cases give no further insights into how to stop outbreaks from happening in the future.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

9 Worst Cruise Virus Outbreaks in the Past 10 Years

Cruises

Virus Outbreaks Are More Likely on Longer Cruises

The average virus outbreak occurs on a 12-day voyage and causes 6.6 percent of passengers to fall ill. Longer cruises give the virus more time to spread but the factors that lead to an outbreak are the same on every ship.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Virus Outbreaks Are More Likely on Longer Cruises

Cruises

Norovirus Caused At Least 67% of Cruise Outbreaks in the Last 20 Years

The cause of a norovirus, whether it's a single passenger or malfunctioning dishwasher, is almost impossible to pinpoint making it tough for the CDC or cruise lines to say when, if ever, the risk will be mitigated.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Norovirus Caused At Least 67% of Cruise Outbreaks in the Last 20 Years

Tourism

CDC warns travelers of Marburg fever outbreak in commonly visited areas of Uganda

Travelers in the area need only practice basic hygiene and common sense when coming in contact with animals; practices that should be used even in areas without an active outbreak.

Skift | 12 years ago

CDC warns travelers of Marburg fever outbreak in commonly visited areas of Uganda