Ghana Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Ghana 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 Ghana. 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=gh&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gh" \
  --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": "gh", "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: "gh",
    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"  => "gh",
    "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=gh&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": 10114,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aca452343b9ba0a873afd8701d491962",
            "title": "What happens when brain tumors return? International study tracks genetic changes behind recurring cancers",
            "description": "When patients are diagnosed with certain brain tumors, one of the biggest unanswered questions is what happens when the cancer returns. Among those are IDH-mutant gliomas, a group of brain tumors that invariably recur despite advances in treatment.",
            "content": "When patients are diagnosed with certain brain tumors, one of the biggest unanswered questions is what happens when the cancer returns. Among those are IDH-mutant gliomas, a group of brain tumors that invariably recur despite advances in treatment.\nN... [3864 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-brain-tumors-international-tracks-genetic.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/what-happens-when-brai.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:50:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e36cf454077d937fc6fdd58d68875f34",
            "title": "Blood cancer drug aids kidney recovery in 2 AAV patients: Study",
            "description": "A blood cancer drug led to kidney recovery in two people with AAV and rapidly progressive kidney inflammation, according to a study.",
            "content": "Blinatumomab, a blood cancer treatment, improved kidney function in two people newly diagnosed with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), or inflammation in the kidney’s filtering units, a study shows.\nTh... [5262 chars]",
            "url": "https://ancavasculitisnews.com/news/blood-cancer-drug-aids-kidney-recovery-2-aav-patients-study/",
            "image": "https://ancavasculitisnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BioNews_Favicon-1.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:20:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5c03ad918e892e93a4421931080c1904",
                "name": "ANCA Vasculitis News",
                "url": "https://ancavasculitisnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f2188e51f4d41e0266433eb54472105",
            "title": "American College of Radiology Urges Caution When Using BI-RADS for Pediatric Breast Masses",
            "description": "The American College of Radiology (ACR) released guidance to clinicians that the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) was developed for adult breast imaging and should not guide care for most pediatric breast masses.",
            "content": "Newswise — Reston, Va. (Oct. 14, 2026) — The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) released guidance to clinicians that the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) was developed for adult breast imaging and should not guide care for most ... [1226 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newswise.com/articles/acr-urges-caution-when-using-bi-rads-for-pediatric-breast-masses",
            "image": "https://www.newswise.com/assets/new/img/logo-banner.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a7e70333eab8750164de280ed5e2e58c",
                "name": "Newswise",
                "url": "https://www.newswise.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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