Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, ...

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Suspected rectified spirit poisoning killed three more people in Rangpur over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to ...

Fewer Americans say they drink alcohol now than they have done for decades, but for those that do, the habit appears to have become dramatically deadlier over time, with the alcohol-related death rate ...

Emergency room visits caused by excessive alcohol consumption have doubled for both men and women in the United States over ...