Massachusetts News 

The mandatory vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B at Massachusetts hospitals has been halted by the State Health Department. 

In what it says is a temporary move, the state has urged the hospitals to stop giving the shots to babies because they contain a preservative that contains mercury. 

A concern about these vaccinations was first expressed in the lead article in the first issue of Massachusetts News. Some experts now say that the mercury could be the causative agent for the nerve damage to babies that was reported in the story.