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Ocean Liner Sent to Sick Bay

The Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland America line, cancels a Caribbean cruise and returns to port. Hundreds have suffered from a stomach virus during the liner's past four voyages. The ship will be sanitized. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

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Joanne Silberner
Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.
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