Poisoning

The UK Foreign Office confirmed the death of a 28-year-old British woman. It comes after Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones died after being taken off life support.

Holly Bowles, 19, remains on life support with methanol poisoning in Laos after an incident that claimed the life of her friend Bianca Jones. Meanwhile, their football club in Melbourne is rallying to support their families.

Health authorities in SA issue an urgent warning to hospitals and GPs after a patient who consumed a substance sold as a complementary medicine suffered severe lead poisoning.

An elderly woman died in Melbourne's east after consuming a meal that contained poisonous mushrooms foraged from her own garden. Coronial findings into her death were released on Wednesday.

In 2010, three workers were poisoned by toxic gas from an old underground pipe. Now there is a push to do something about the "potentially fatal" risk — but the company that owned the pipes went bust and nobody knows where they are anymore.

According to court documents, Stephen Wagner is accused of mixing ant poison with his 66-year-old wife's tea for almost two years.

One in 10 pets don't survive tick bites, but new research can now anticipate how dangerous the upcoming season will be.

The EPA is testing dead birds after almost 30 have fallen victim to paralysis symptoms, but a New South Wales veterinarian is convinced this is no accident or disease. 

Stuart Forrest says he owes his life to the men who saved him after a potentially deadly snakebite. Experts are warning people to remain vigilant ahead of what could be a busy snake season.

Parents worried their children have consumed too many of the common pharmaceuticals are increasingly making calls for help to the Queensland Poison Information Centre.

Nine people have died and 50 people have been hospitalised as part of a listeria outbreak in the United States.

The mass food poisoning incident saw 17 ambulances and a decontamination vehicle called to the office in the business district, with more than a dozen still in hospital receiving treatment.

Work safety authorities in at least three states called into the hardware giant, amid fears customers and workers have been put at risk by inappropriate handling of the potentially hazardous material.

Health authorities are investigating claims two Perth sisters were served insect repellent instead of juice at a western suburbs restaurant.

Three adults and a child are recovering in hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a charcoal barbecue in Sydney’s west.

An urgent recall is issued for Uncle Frog mushroom gummies after consumers around the country are hospitalised with serious health symptoms including hallucinations and seizures.

Douglas Thrift died from strychnine toxicity, but a coroner has found there is not enough evidence to prove how he ingested the poison.

Fungi enthusiasts in SA's South East say there's a lot of interest in this year's season, despite recent cases of suspected mushroom poisonings.

An inquest into the death of Douglas Thrift has heard the Upper Hunter Valley man had almost twice the amount of the poison in his system needed to kill a person.

Unregulated psychedelic medicines and therapies have been thrust into the spotlight, following the death of a woman at an alternative wellness centre in country Victoria,