Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

The suspected mass poisoning of six tourists in Laos last week has sent shockwaves through the backpacker scene, and ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” ...

The NHS warns that as little as 4ml of methanol can cause hallucinations and blindness. Half an hour to two hours after ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

Unlike ethanol, the type of alcohol found in beverages, methanol is highly poisonous even in small quantities. Its ingestion ...

Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said Thursday.

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died ... warning of “suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, possibly through the consumption ...