BEIJING -- China on Monday confirmed its first SARS case since an outbreak of the disease was contained in July, and authorities ordered an emergency slaughter of civet cats and other species thought ...

BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Chinese health authorities have launched a crackdown on restaurants offering civet cats for consumption, state media said on Wednesday, to prevent an outbreak of SARS ...

China is lifting its ban on trade in civet cats, an animal considered a delicacy in southern China that researchers have suggested is linked to the spread of SARS, according to state media and the ...

BEIJING -- A ban on the sale of civet cats in China has been lifted despite the creature's possible link to the spread of SARS -- a sign that economic concerns are trumping medical precautions barely ...

GENEVA—Rare Chinese masked palm civet cats, a medicinal food animal in Southern China eaten to reduce the chance of winter infections like colds and flu, contain the coronavirus thought to cause ...

BEIJING, Aug. 14 -- An animal considered a delicacy in parts of China will be available for sale once again despite possible links to SARS, the government and state media said today as Beijing's final ...

Authorities in southern China on Friday threatened fines of up to $12,000 for merchants who try to hide civet cats, a day ahead of the deadline to slaughter thousands of the animals because of fears ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A joint China-Hong Kong research team says it has found a genetic link between SARS in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species, state ...

The civet cat, a nocturnal mammal similar to the weasel, is served in southern China in a variety of ways: roasted whole, braised in brown sauce or standing in for tiger flesh in the classic Dragon, ...

World's most expensive coffee has a controversial history. — -- The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from a place where the sun don’t shine. It’s an exotic delicacy called Kopi ...