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LI nurses to rally against mandatory swine flu vaccines

Rob Kozik, a registered nurse in Stony Brook

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Rob Kozik, a registered nurse in Stony Brook University Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit, doesn't want the government to force him to be vaccinated against H1N1 swine flu.

Dozens of Long Island nurses - many from Stony Brook University Medical Center - plan to rally with health care workers from across the state next week in Albany to protest a state regulation that mandates they be vaccinated for swine flu or lose their jobs.

The New York State Department of Health issued an emergency regulation in August that requires all health care workers in hospitals,...

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