{"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:57cba255-9d21-4ed6-a141-a67ef3db981d", "type": "composite", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-11-14T20:25:14.234370Z", "firstcreated": "2026-11-14T20:20:18.401226Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "language": "en", "headline": "American Couple Says Canadian Health System Offered Them Assisted Death, Returns to US", "description_text": "Kristin Logan and Donovan James say a Canadian clinician offered medical assistance in dying before cancer treatment, prompting them to return to the United States.", "associations": {"item-0": {"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:item:c9377927-99ed-40c3-8843-fcca92afbeed", "type": "text", "profile": "standard", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-11-14T20:20:39.996636Z", "firstcreated": "2026-11-14T20:20:18.401226Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "urgency": 5, "language": "en", "headline": "American Couple Says Canadian Health System Offered Them Assisted Death, Returns to US", "byline": "Delaney Sawyer", "located": "United States", "copyrightholder": "Haydamax OÜ", "copyrightnotice": "Wireva / Core Memo", "usageterms": "Subscribers may republish this item in full, including translation and trimming, with the credit “Wireva / Core Memo”. Set rel=canonical to https://corememo.org/society/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us/ when publishing on the web.", "description_text": "Kristin Logan and Donovan James say a Canadian clinician offered medical assistance in dying before cancer treatment, prompting them to return to the United States.", "altids": {"mosaic": "c9377927-99ed-40c3-8843-fcca92afbeed", "story": "57cba255-9d21-4ed6-a141-a67ef3db981d", "slug": "american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us"}, "subject": [{"name": "Society", "rel": "direct", "literal": "society", "code": "medtop:14000000", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/", "uri": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/14000000"}], "place": [{"name": "United States", "literal": "us", "code": "US", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/countrycodes/"}], "person": [], "organisation": [], "genre": [{"name": "Standard story", "literal": "standard"}], "service": [{"name": "Wireva", "literal": "wireva"}], "associations": {"featuremedia": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:media:0a6f826b-8151-4257-833f-a51032953fa3", "type": "picture", "version": "1", "pubstatus": "usable", "headline": "DEPROGRAMMED: A 'kind offer' of death sent this couple running from universal health care", "description_text": "American Couple Says Canadian Health System Offered Them Assisted Death, Returns to US", "copyrightholder": "a57.foxnews.com", "copyrightnotice": "DEPROGRAMMED: A 'kind offer' of death sent this couple running from universal health care", "usageterms": "Picture belongs to the source publication: address and terms are delivered, the file is not.", "altids": {"wireva": "0a6f826b-8151-4257-833f-a51032953fa3"}, "extra": {"wireva:delivery_mode": "link_only", "wireva:rights": {"licence": "", "licence_url": "", "licence_raw": "RSS source", "licence_verified_at": "2026-11-14T20:20:40.025668Z", "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "DEPROGRAMMED: A 'kind offer' of death sent this couple running from universal health care", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": false, "share_alike_required": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"creator": "", "source_name": "a57.foxnews.com", "source_url": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/veteran-flees-canada-in-cancer-fight.png?ve=1&tl=1", "source_page_url": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/veteran-flees-canada-in-cancer-fight.png?ve=1&tl=1", "our_page_url": "https://corememo.org/society/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us/"}, "wireva:role": "lead"}, "renditions": {"source": {"href": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/veteran-flees-canada-in-cancer-fight.png?ve=1&tl=1", "mimetype": "image/jpeg"}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:story": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:57cba255-9d21-4ed6-a141-a67ef3db981d", "slug": "american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us-20261114", "status": "updated", "languages": ["en"], "item_count": 2, "is_breaking": false}, "wireva:rights": {"class": "agency_original", "redistribution_allowed": true, "commercial_use_allowed": true, "modifications_allowed": true, "share_alike_required": false, "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Wireva / Core Memo", "canonical_required": true, "canonical_url": "https://corememo.org/society/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us/", "linkback_required": true, "licence": "Wireva subscriber licence", "licence_url": "", "licensor": "Haydamax OÜ", "valid_until": null, "excerpt_max_chars": 0, "decided_by_rule": "agency_original_verified", "needs_review": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"production_method": "automated", "ai_stages": {"editing": true, "drafting": true, "headline": true, "discovery": true, "classification": true, "image_selection": true, "source_collection": true, "cross_source_comparison": true}, "model": "", "human_reviewed": false, "reviewed_by": "", "reviewed_at": null, "editorial_control": true, "editorial_responsibility": "Haydamax OÜ (Wireva)", "factchecked": false, "verification_status": "multi_source", "independent_confirmations": 1, "official_source_used": false, "used_press_release": false, "public_interest": true, "ai_disclosure_required": true, "ai_disclosure_text": "This item was produced with AI assistance under the editorial responsibility of Haydamax OÜ.", "independence_check": {"status": "passed", "score": 0.172, "checked_at": "2026-11-14T20:20:40.020379Z"}, "sources": [{"url": "https://www.foxnews.com/media/deprogrammed-kind-offer-death-sent-couple-running-universal-health-care", "title": "Journey Announces Drummer Deen Castronovo Is Exiting Band, Days After Another Health Scare Forced His Second Mid-Show Departure", "publisher": "foxnews.com", "type": "rss", "role": "primary", "official": false, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T20:20:40.002956Z", "published_at": "2026-11-14T18:07:38Z"}, {"url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/journey-drummer-deen-castronovo-exits-band-health-scare-1236947754/", "title": "", "publisher": "variety.com", "type": "rss", "role": "supporting", "official": false, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T20:20:39.999728Z", "published_at": null}]}, "wireva:publication": {"name": "Core Memo", "domain": "corememo.org", "country": "US", "url": "https://corememo.org/society/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us/"}, "wireva:links": {"self": "https://wireva.mib.news/api/v1/items/c9377927-99ed-40c3-8843-fcca92afbeed", "html": "https://wireva.mib.news/item/c9377927-99ed-40c3-8843-fcca92afbeed/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us/", "story": "https://wireva.mib.news/story/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us-20261114/"}, "wireva:metrics": {"word_count": 437, "char_count": 2746, "reading_time_seconds": 196}}}, "item-1": {"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:item:b6abbe07-eba3-4015-8d1a-718be96b80fc", "type": "text", "profile": "standard", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-11-14T20:25:39.713096Z", "firstcreated": "2026-11-14T20:25:14.234370Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "urgency": 5, "language": "en", "headline": "US reportedly loses measles elimination status after 26 years", "byline": "Gavin Kendall", "located": "United States", "copyrightholder": "Haydamax OÜ", "copyrightnotice": "Wireva / Cronkite", "usageterms": "Monitoring item. Headline, short extract and the source link may be shown. Do not republish the full text.", "description_text": "The United States has reportedly lost its measles elimination status, held since 2000, as nationwide case counts climb sharply in 2026 according to a Pan American Health Organization determination.", "altids": {"mosaic": "b6abbe07-eba3-4015-8d1a-718be96b80fc", "story": "57cba255-9d21-4ed6-a141-a67ef3db981d", "slug": "us-reportedly-loses-measles-elimination-status-after-26-years"}, "subject": [{"name": "Society", "rel": "direct", "literal": "society", "code": "medtop:14000000", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/", "uri": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/14000000"}], "place": [{"name": "United States", "literal": "us", "code": "US", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/countrycodes/"}], "person": [], "organisation": [], "genre": [{"name": "Standard story", "literal": "standard"}], "service": [{"name": "Wireva", "literal": "wireva"}], "body_text": "The United States has reportedly lost its measles elimination status, held since 2000, as nationwide case counts climb sharply in 2026 according to a Pan American Health Organization determination.", "extra_body_note": "Extract only — see rights.class = link_only.", "associations": {"featuremedia": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:media:9a635bc2-e26e-4272-a3d5-af320aba230f", "type": "picture", "version": "1", "pubstatus": "usable", "headline": "US reportedly loses longstanding measles elimination status as cases surge nationwide", "description_text": "US reportedly loses measles elimination status after 26 years", "copyrightholder": "a57.foxnews.com", "copyrightnotice": "US reportedly loses longstanding measles elimination status as cases surge nationwide", "usageterms": "Picture belongs to the source publication: address and terms are delivered, the file is not.", "altids": {"wireva": "9a635bc2-e26e-4272-a3d5-af320aba230f"}, "extra": {"wireva:delivery_mode": "link_only", "wireva:rights": {"licence": "", "licence_url": "", "licence_raw": "RSS source", "licence_verified_at": "2026-11-14T20:25:39.765273Z", "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "US reportedly loses longstanding measles elimination status as cases surge nationwide", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": false, "share_alike_required": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"creator": "", "source_name": "a57.foxnews.com", "source_url": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/boy-with-measles.jpg?ve=1&tl=1", "source_page_url": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/boy-with-measles.jpg?ve=1&tl=1", "our_page_url": "https://cronkite.online/society/us-reportedly-loses-measles-elimination-status-after-26-years/"}, "wireva:role": "lead"}, "renditions": {"source": {"href": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/11/931/523/boy-with-measles.jpg?ve=1&tl=1", "mimetype": "image/jpeg"}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:story": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:57cba255-9d21-4ed6-a141-a67ef3db981d", "slug": "american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us-20261114", "status": "updated", "languages": ["en"], "item_count": 2, "is_breaking": false}, "wireva:rights": {"class": "link_only", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": true, "share_alike_required": false, "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Wireva / Cronkite", "canonical_required": true, "canonical_url": "https://cronkite.online/society/us-reportedly-loses-measles-elimination-status-after-26-years/", "linkback_required": true, "licence": "", "licence_url": "", "licensor": "Haydamax OÜ", "valid_until": null, "excerpt_max_chars": 280, "decided_by_rule": "derivation_failed", "needs_review": true}, "wireva:provenance": {"production_method": "automated", "ai_stages": {"editing": true, "drafting": true, "headline": true, "discovery": true, "classification": true, "image_selection": true, "source_collection": true, "cross_source_comparison": true}, "model": "", "human_reviewed": false, "reviewed_by": "", "reviewed_at": null, "editorial_control": true, "editorial_responsibility": "Haydamax OÜ (Wireva)", "factchecked": false, "verification_status": "single_source", "independent_confirmations": 0, "official_source_used": false, "used_press_release": false, "public_interest": true, "ai_disclosure_required": true, "ai_disclosure_text": "This item was produced with AI assistance under the editorial responsibility of Haydamax OÜ.", "independence_check": {"status": "failed", "score": 0.655, "checked_at": "2026-11-14T20:25:39.758658Z"}, "sources": [{"url": "https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-loses-longstanding-measles-elimination-status-cases-surge-nationwide", "title": "US reportedly loses longstanding measles elimination status as cases surge nationwide", "publisher": "foxnews.com", "type": "rss", "role": "primary", "official": false, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T20:25:39.729321Z", "published_at": "2026-11-14T18:17:16Z"}]}, "wireva:publication": {"name": "Cronkite", "domain": "cronkite.online", "country": "US", "url": "https://cronkite.online/society/us-reportedly-loses-measles-elimination-status-after-26-years/"}, "wireva:links": {"self": "https://wireva.mib.news/api/v1/items/b6abbe07-eba3-4015-8d1a-718be96b80fc", "html": "https://wireva.mib.news/item/b6abbe07-eba3-4015-8d1a-718be96b80fc/us-reportedly-loses-measles-elimination-status-after-26-years/", "story": "https://wireva.mib.news/story/american-couple-says-canadian-health-system-offered-them-assisted-death-returns-to-us-20261114/"}, "wireva:metrics": {"word_count": 395, "char_count": 2467, "reading_time_seconds": 176}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:languages": ["en"], "wireva:status": "updated", "wireva:item_count": 2}}