Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan

As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to serve as an incubator for the new virus from China instead of an isolation ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Gastro outbreak forces Caribbean cruise ship to return to US

A Caribbean Princess cruise was cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship caused it to be denied entry to at least one island before it headed to its home port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thousands on virus-hit cruise ship await disembarkation

Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if it meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID cases halt Canaries-bound cruise for 3,000

Some 3,000 passengers, mostly Germans, saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise halted Monday after a COVID-19 outbreak forced them to disembark in Lisbon, Portuguese authorities said.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Researchers explore causes of air passengers' turbulent behavior

Incidents of passenger misconduct on airplanes—which are increasingly being shared in the news and on social media—are predominantly caused by passenger intoxication, according to a new study by University of Texas at ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil health agency confirms COVID-19 cases in cruise ship

Passengers on the cruise ship MSC Preziosa had to wait more than six hours to disembark at Rio de Janeiro Sunday due to an inspection by Brazilian health authorities that confirmed 28 cases of COVID-19 on board - 26 passengers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus cases on docked Japan cruise ship near 150

Almost a quarter of the 623 crew members on a cruise ship docked in western Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, an official said Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mental health issues in quarantined cruisers

In February 2020, as the world began to realize the scope of COVID-19, Japanese authorities quarantined all 3,711 passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess cruise ship for 14 days after a passenger who disembarked earlier ...

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