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  Share Source: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday the state is “fighting back” against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, filing a lawsuit to allow cruise ships to start sailing again. “We don’t believe the federal government has the right to mothball a major industry for over a year based on very little evidence and very little data," Gov. DeSantis said. "I think we have a good chance for success.” This lawsuit is necessary to protect Floridians from the federal government’s overreach and resulting economic harm to our state. https...

Health your username 2 days ago The state of Florida is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the CDC’s October 2020 directive that “purported to lift its lockdown order” on the cruise industry but, according to the state, in reality was an “arbitrary and capricious” veiled effort in keeping the industry from “functionally” opening up. Per the state’s Thursday complaint filed in the Middle District of Florida, the state alleged that the CDC and HHS, plus HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, CDC Director Roch...

Royal Caribbean Extends Suspension From the U.S. Royal Caribbean has extended its suspension out of the United States through June 30, 2021. Cruises are now not expected to resume until July at the earliest. Photo Credit: ackats / Shutterstock.com Royal Caribbean has followed other major cruise lines by extending its hold on operations out of the United States. It does now mean that cruises won’t start to resume until July 2021 at the very earliest. It comes as pressure mounts on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to lift its “unworkable” framework on the Conditional Sai...

CDC issues new guidance for cruise industry  BAR HARBOR —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance for cruise lines last week, but the likelihood that any large cruise ships will be pulling into town any time soon remains low.   “I really don’t think it’s going to change things right now,” said Bar Harbor Harbormaster Charlie Phippen.   On Friday, the CDC put out instructions requiring increased COVID-19 reporting, from weekly to daily. The CDC also set out guidelines for cruises to create planning materials and agreements with port authorities...

CDC Hopeful of Cruises Restarting By Mid-Summer As growing pressure mounts, the CDC says cruises could resume mid-summer but is this just false hope for the cruise industry? Photo Credit: bear_productions / Shutterstock.com As pressure mounts on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) to allow the resumption of cruise operations, there has now been a response. The CDC says that there is a possibility of cruises being able to resume in mid-summer. However, could this just be false hopes or a genuine hint of a full lifting of the Conditional Sailing Order that was first introduc...