A British man who went blind after suffering from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos has described the moments before he lost his sight. Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who ...

A British man lost his sight, and six tourists died after drinking methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos. In 2024, a group of tourists drank what appeared to be standard free ...

The Brazilian Ministry of Health has issued an urgent nationwide alert following a cluster of suspected cases of methanol ...

Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local ...

Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The methanol was believed to be in contaminated drinks. Methanol – a colourless, ...

While investigating the deaths of two people who had drunk vodka purchased at the same bar, police in Brazil uncovered a clandestine alcohol factory near São Paulo ...

At least 19 people have died this month of suspected alcohol poisoning in Russia's western Leningrad region, local officials ...

When Calum Macdonald arrived at the Vietnamese border, he couldn't read the administrative forms in front of him. All he could see was a "kaleidoscopic blinding light". He had just stepped off an ...