Doxycycline gives a full recovery in 87 percent of early cases. If you have waited three weeks to take the antibiotic, you have reduced the chance that it will work for you, but there is still a good chance that it will work, so don't delay any longer. Taking an antibiotic does not make you resistant to it.
Under FMLA, an employee can take time off to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition. The U.S. Department of Labor defines immediate family member (for FMLA purposes) as a son, daughter, spouse, or parent. Domestic partners are not spouses or relatives under the FMLA.
By: Janet L. Kaminski, Associate Legislative Attorney. You asked if opposite-sex domestic partners (i.e., a cohabitating heterosexual couple) are eligible for health insurance as each others' dependents and if not, if this is discrimination. You also asked how this issue has been addressed by the courts and whether insurance companies offer coverage for opposite-sex domestic partners.