India Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from India with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top health headlines from India. 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=in&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=in" \
  --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": "in", "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: "in",
    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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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=in&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": 321898,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5397718da76c81de63ae3e3e3cb3a86b",
            "title": "Bareily News: मंडल में 1 लाख से अधिक बच्चों को नहीं लगी एमआर वैक्सीन की पहली-दूसरी खुराक, मिल चुके 209 पाजिटिव",
            "description": "Bareily News: मंडल में एक लाख से अधिक बच्चे एमआर वैक्सीन की पहली या दूसरी खुराक से वंचित हैं। बदायूं में ऐसे बच्चों की संख्या सबसे ज्यादा है। इस साल अब तक 209 बच्चों में खसरा-रूबेला की पुष्टि हुई, जिनमें सबसे अधिक शाहजहांपुर के हैं। खसरा और रूबेला से बचाव के लिए बच्चों को नौ से 12 महीने और 16 से 24 महीने की उम्र में वैक्सीन की खुराक दी जाती है।, Bareily Hindi News - Hindustan",
            "content": "Bareily News: खसरा और रूबेला जैसी संक्रामक बीमारियों से बच्चों को बचाने के लिए चलाए जा रहे टीकाकरण अभियान के बावजूद मंडल में एक लाख से अधिक बच्चे एमआर वैक्सीन की पहली और दूसरी खुराक से वंचित हैं। स्वास्थ्य विभाग के आंकड़ों के अनुसार मंडल में करीब 55 ह... [1466 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/bareily/story-measles-rubella-vaccination-over-1-lakh-children-miss-first-and-second-doses-in-the-division-201793739122534.html",
            "image": "https://www.livehindustan.com/lh-img/smart/img/smart/2025/10/16/1600x900/logo/Frame_230_1760642771246_1760642792541.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:52:14Z",
            "lang": "hi",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa4a4cc64ed3abc97e8c428681f7fa5c",
                "name": "Hindustan",
                "url": "https://www.livehindustan.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1ff0ea2233cbd5828539a6fcf5fd3b47",
            "title": "Study in India links gut bacteria differences to Parkinson’s disease",
            "description": "Parkinson’s patients have different gut bacteria, the predicted functions of which differ from those found in healthy people, per a study.",
            "content": "People with Parkinson’s disease have different bacteria in their gut, the predicted functions of which differ from those in healthy people, according to a study from southern India that adds further evidence for a possible link between the gut, infla... [4692 chars]",
            "url": "https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/study-india-links-gut-bacteria-differences-parkinsons-disease/",
            "image": "https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BacteriaSimple.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:26:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d31dae7f72971660f93f8ed4b3c6a6e4",
                "name": "Parkinson's News Today",
                "url": "https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec993b143550183ccb4ed597fc344120",
            "title": "Kathua News:जिले में डेंगू का एक और केस, संक्रमितों की संख्या 92 हुई",
            "description": "Read Latest Kathua News Today in Hindi - - कालीबड़ी में 67 वर्षीय व्यक्ति मिला डेंगू पॉजिटिव, स्वास्थ्य विभाग ने आसपास के 50 घरों में करवाया एंटी लार्वा",
            "content": "{\"_id\":\"6aea3acb3bf3ac78ff0bd63c\",\"slug\":\"jammu-and-kashmir-news-kathua-news-c-201-1-knt1006-138121-2026-11-04\",\"type\":\"story\",\"status\":\"publish\",\"title_hn\":\"Kathua News: जिले में डेंगू का एक और केस, संक्रमितों की संख्या 92 हुई\",\"category\":{\"title\":\"... [1355 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.amarujala.com/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/jammu-and-kashmir-news-kathua-news-c-201-1-knt1006-138121-2026-11-04",
            "image": "https://staticimg.amarujala.com/assets/images/2021/12/03/kathua_1638531748.jpeg?w=1200&dpr=1.0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:49:31Z",
            "lang": "hi",
            "source": {
                "id": "1b9c11b0f7ffdcd25373c94434d6d998",
                "name": "Amar Ujala",
                "url": "https://www.amarujala.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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