Six tourists, including Australians and a British woman, died in Laos, likely from methanol poisoning. The U.S. State ...

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 ...