Botswana Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Botswana with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top health headlines from Botswana. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=bw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=bw" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "health", "country": "bw", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "health",
    country: "bw",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "health",
    "country"  => "bw",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=health&country=bw&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 8028,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7a8b5270b8b90ac2c5cada704c9860e7",
            "title": "Experimental gene therapy shows promise against hydrocephalus",
            "description": "Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have published the first proof-of-concept study showing the potential of an experimental gene therapy for hydrocephalus. The preclinical research from the lab of Agnes (Yu) Luo was recently published in the journal Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, which focuses on specialized cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biology.",
            "content": "Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have published the first proof-of-concept study showing the potential of an experimental gene therapy for hydrocephalus. The preclinical research from the lab of Agnes (Yu) Luo was recen... [5218 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-experimental-gene-therapy-hydrocephalus.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/experimental-gene-ther-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:40:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88f97ff132d8f3dd46b2c6d09bd06913",
            "title": "How Controversial Hepatitis B Study Was Funded by CDC Amid Criticism",
            "description": "As experts questioned the ethics of the study, documents show that expiring funds forced a rushed vote in Denmark, where the researchers’ institute is based",
            "content": "Despite widespread criticism, a halted clinical trial of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau moved forward last month for the most quotidian of reasons: $1.6 million in grant money needed by the Danish researchers conducting the study was expiri... [9962 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-documents-cdc-1235642201/",
            "image": "https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/controversial-vax-study-docs.jpg?w=1600&h=900&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:39:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73c5016647a6ca7efb0bb7467397b7ae",
                "name": "Rolling Stone",
                "url": "https://www.rollingstone.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4b127ab9ca6a343847089f12ddafac70",
            "title": "James Fan Wu: Gaps in Lung Cancer Screening Highlighted at ASCO Quality Care Symposium",
            "description": "James Fan Wu: Gaps in Lung Cancer Screening Highlighted at ASCO Quality Care Symposium / American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO, Black and Hispanic",
            "content": "James Fan Wu, Hematology Oncology Fellow at Medical College of Wisconsin, shared on LinkedIn:\n“Lung cancer screening still reaches a small share of the people eligible for it. Several abstracts at this week’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (AS... [1432 chars]",
            "url": "https://oncodaily.com/voices/james-fan-wu-608189",
            "image": "https://oncodaily.com/pub/uploads/2026/10/1620751783676.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:22:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "654c15cf5fba9c885b59fdc406129149",
                "name": "Oncodaily",
                "url": "https://oncodaily.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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