A British backpacker who was given ‘free vodka’ at the Laos hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning told ...

The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with ...

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has ...

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

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

The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.

A hostel owner and manager have been arrested by police, and six tourists have now died in a tainted alcohol tragedy in Laos.

An American tourists, an Australian teen, a British woman, and two Danish tourists have died after they consumed methanol, ...

Six foreign tourists have died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, Southeast Asia. What is the substance and how does it ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be "alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning." But what is methanol, and how do you avoid it?

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