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.
The New York Times is reporting today that the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division will issue a ârulingâ tomorrow, providing that an employee in a same-sex relationship may use FMLA leave to care for the child of his or her partner, even if the employee has not legally adopted the child.