VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially ...

Surprisingly, doctors have revealed that alcohol can help those suffering from methanol poisoning. Alcohol works to stop methanol being processed by the liver. (iStock) Alcohol works because the ...

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 ...

Other authorities haven't confirmed that the deaths were due to methanol poisoning, but the UK, New Zealand and Australia have warned their citizens to be careful of consuming alcohol whilst in Laos.

On their travel advice websites, U.K. and Australian authorities have warned their citizens to beware of methanol poisoning while consuming alcohol in Laos. On Saturday the Laos government ...

open image in gallery Tourists walk past the closed Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, where six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning by way of tainted alcohol (AP ...

Officials in Laos have released the names of three tourists — including one American — who died of suspected methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol. James Louis Hutson, 57 ...

Methanol poisoning is very similar to the effects of ethanol (alcohol) poisoning, which can lead to delays in getting the right treatment. It is usually only when doctors notice that the patient ...

1:47 Laos mass alcohol poisoning: Investigation underway following deaths of 6 tourists If you are soon travelling abroad, experts are urging vigilance after six tourists recently died ...

Officials in Laos have released the names of three tourists — including one American — who died of suspected methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol. James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and ...

and an American have died in what is believed to be a case of mass poisoning from methanol, an industrial chemical often used in bootleg alcohol. News reports say the victims visited nearby Jaidee ...