Canada Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Canada 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 Canada. 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=ca&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ca" \
  --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": "ca", "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: "ca",
    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"  => "ca",
    "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=ca&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": 304576,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a299e62af957b9719bf2dbf85ccb39f9",
            "title": "Alberta's flu season off to an early start",
            "description": "One Albertan has already died from influenza as the province records more than 400 cases before flu vaccines become widely available, raising concerns about an early start to the season. According to provincial data, Alberta has recorded 411 flu cases so far this season, along with nearly 50 hospitalizations and one death. The Calgary zone […]",
            "content": "One Albertan has already died from influenza as the province records more than 400 cases before flu vaccines become widely available, raising concerns about an early start to the season.\nAccording to provincial data, Alberta has recorded 411 flu case... [2001 chars]",
            "url": "https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/10/14/albertas-flu-season-off-to-an-early-start/",
            "image": "https://calgary.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/8/2026/01/c3743dbfda2b3b750b4f682af55e4b929932f31314cc7f8dab2e494daf463843.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:23:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c633d3b2459dde2c4d5fcc4df04ec951",
                "name": "CityNews Calgary",
                "url": "https://calgary.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74052836b83490e2d5927284568c95da",
            "title": "France : augmentation du nombre de cas de fièvre typhoïde au retour du Sénégal en Ile de France",
            "description": "Découvrez des informations complètes sur les vaccins, les maladies infectieuses et les recommandations vaccinales en France sur mesvaccins.net. Informez-vous sur les types de vaccins, les calendriers de vaccination et les effets secondaires potentiels pour prendre des décisions éclairées pour votre santé.",
            "content": "En France, depuis le début de l’année 2026, le nombre de cas de fièvre typhoïde au retour d'un séjour au Sénégal a nettement augmenté en Île-de-France avec 41 cas notifiés. Entre 2022 et 2025, entre 9 et 18 cas étaient déclarés par année.\nFace à cett... [283 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mesvaccins.net/web/news/24482",
            "image": "https://www.mesvaccins.net/favicon.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:11:36Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "90c6471f53b61f061019b1fef8dc9275",
                "name": "MesVaccins",
                "url": "https://www.mesvaccins.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3449a8c3ef46ec7a1bdc5f197eb49a6a",
            "title": "David Eby promises perinatal mental health unit at B.C. Women's Hospital",
            "description": "B.C. NDP Leader David Eby pledged Tuesday to fund a dedicated perinatal mental health unit at B.C. Women's Hospital where new parents facing mental health crises could be treated without being separated from their babies. But critics argue the commitment is long overdue.",
            "content": "WARNING: This story contains discussion of suicide.\nB.C. NDP Leader David Eby pledged Tuesday to fund a dedicated perinatal mental health unit at B.C. Women's Hospital where new parents facing mental health crises could be treated without being separ... [3919 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/perinatal-mental-health-unit-vancouver-9.7379855",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/13ea121c-3ec8-492f-aa6c-2910c0bb5bd6,1791956563923/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:55:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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