Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe ...

Six tourists have died, after they were suspected to have drunk contaminated alcohol in Laos. According to media reports, ...

A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, ...

Shocking details have emerged in the deaths of Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, as well as four others, from ...

A methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, has resulted in six tourist deaths, including citizens from Australia, ...

The deaths of six backpackers this week, including British solicitor Simone White, has raised the spectre of a Laotian ...

It is believed their alcoholic drinks may have contained methanol, an industrial chemical often used in bootleg alcohol. For ...

Some of the victims were staying at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng [Getty Images] Laos authorities have released ...

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

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

The government of Laos has released its first statement in response to tourists becoming ill and dying from methanol ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...