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 ...

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

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

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

T he death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to ...

UK tourists have been warned about drinking alcohol in four countries after reports or methanol poisoning. Six tourists died ...

Six people, including a British backpacker, have died allegedly after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. Two Danes, two Australians and an American have also died after being taken to the hospital ...

a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol. Methanol poisoning has long been a well-known issue across South East Asia, particularly in the poorer countries along the Mekong river.

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.