Could a copper door handle help to beat MRSA? They have proved resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. But hospital superbugs may finally have met their match - in copper door handles. [News Source]

Copper tested in MRSA fightback. Stainless steel door handles and taps at a hospital are being replaced with copper ones in an effort to reduce the presence of the superbug MRSA. [News Source]

India bans live poultry imports amid bird flu scare (AFP via Yahoo! News) India has banned imports of live poultry from countries where bird flu has been reported as a precautionary measure, a government statement said. [News Source]

Indonesia Won’t Share Bird Flu Samples (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Trisnadi) A hospital staff monitors the vital signs of a suspected bird flu patient at a hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The 20-year-old Indonesian woman was in critical condition after contracting bird flu, a Health Ministry official said. [News Source]

Indonesia won’t share bird flu samples (AP via Yahoo! News) Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement promising the virus won't be used to develop an expensive commercial vaccine, the health minister said Wednesday. [News Source]