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

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

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

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

An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol poisoning case in a popular tourist town in ...

Medical emergencies often present symptoms that people might mistake for alcohol intoxication. This confusion can lead to ...

Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...

Alcohol poisoning is a life-threatening condition that happens when toxic levels of alcohol cause areas of the brain that control essential functions to shut down. This condition occurs when you ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a ...

The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.

Igor Dudchak – stock.adobe.com Surprisingly, doctors have revealed that alcohol can help those suffering from methanol poisoning. Alcohol works because the body will prioritize metabolising ...