Kenya Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Kenya 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 Kenya. 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=ke&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ke" \
  --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": "ke", "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: "ke",
    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"  => "ke",
    "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=ke&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": 10536,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9fed540edcbf73896d3e616e486a45ae",
            "title": "Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits",
            "description": "Massive study of more than 100,000 people finds surprise connection between ‘good’ body fat and improved mental health.",
            "content": "When people think of fat, they typically picture the jiggly tissue around the belly that stores extra calories. That’s white fat. But there’s another type, called brown fat, that does the opposite. Typically found around the neck, armpits and in the ... [2304 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03302-w?error=cookies_not_supported&code=14690e90-5c9f-4d92-90c3-ce8bbced1996",
            "image": "https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-026-03302-w/d41586-026-03302-w_53846410.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:07:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7abf0df285fbe93cdccffcc7c4088737",
                "name": "Nature",
                "url": "https://www.nature.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "45972901b29e599ab776999ebb03cf6a",
            "title": "Intensive breathwork reduces blood flow to the brain by 45%, study finds",
            "description": "Researchers examined how intensive breathing techniques affect brain activity and consciousness, uncovering significant physiological changes during the practice.",
            "content": "Intensive breathing exercises may significantly reduce blood flow to the brain and trigger altered states of consciousness, according to a study published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry.\nThe research examined high-ven... [1146 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cronista.com/en/health-science/intensive-breathwork-reduces-blood-flow-to-the-brain-by-45-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://www.cronista.com/resizer/v2/CVY36ELMZNDW3LTCECBUQDHDAU.jpg?auth=5584a1f9c2070405ec66cd547f67f9daec9c21a2b177a1060deddd726b34a2ff&height=630&width=1200&quality=70&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:52:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c669c93b656945ac9987f5b6b57f681f",
                "name": "El Cronista",
                "url": "https://www.cronista.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "13ab56f5f8865a6cabf42bc2908545f4",
            "title": "Deuterium Metabolic Imaging Advances Show Promise for Clinical Applications",
            "description": "Recent studies highlight the potential of deuterium metabolic imaging as a novel approach for assessing brain metabolism, paving the way for advancements in…",
            "content": "Two studies in Radiology discuss advances in deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI), an innovative technique for assessing metabolism in living brain tissue. If further developed, DMI could enhance diagnostic capabilities for conditions like cancer and ne... [3191 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.appliedradiology.com/news/deuterium-metabolic-imaging-advances-show-promise-for-clinical-applications",
            "image": "https://appliedradiologystorage.blob.core.windows.net/payload-media/port-john.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:10:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d09afe1accb2b4b3d99a1c2dd46b9bb6",
                "name": "Applied Radiology",
                "url": "https://www.appliedradiology.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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