Latvia Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Latvia 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top health headlines from Latvia. 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=lv&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=lv" \
  --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": "lv", "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: "lv",
    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"  => "lv",
    "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=lv&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": 11842,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c0d94ecb7ba0f5509912db80ccb06f11",
            "title": "Heart disease and depression may affect brain aging in an unexpected way",
            "description": "A longitudinal study of 5,423 adults in England found that cardiovascular disease was associated with faster cognitive decline, with the strongest association observed among participants with consistently low depressive symptoms. Those with persistent moderate or high depressive symptoms generally experienced poorer cognitive performance and faster overall deterioration, despite showing a weaker additional association between cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.",
            "content": "How do years of depressive symptoms affect the relationship between heart disease and cognitive aging? A 14-year study of more than 5,400 adults reveals a complex relationship between cardiovascular health, mental health, and changes in memory and th... [8555 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/Heart-disease-and-depression-may-affect-brain-aging-in-an-unexpected-way.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_850521_17937468549926582.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a577325cd7d95e951a65702de3689e76",
            "title": "Depression in Sjögren Disease: Prevalence, Screening, and Treatment",
            "description": "Patients with Sjögren disease have 5-fold higher odds of depression, yet screening tools remain unvalidated, a new review finds.",
            "content": "Depression is common in Sjögren disease (SjD) but often goes unrecognized, adding to disease burden and eroding quality of life, according to a narrative review published in the Journal of International Medical Research. The authors argue that depres... [5059 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ajmc.com/view/depression-in-sj-gren-s-disease-prevalence-screening-and-treatment",
            "image": "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0vv8moc6/ajmc/dec8be8ae0ed1fb2b1f534eed196e6beb7841fc8-6000x4000.jpg?w=1200&fit=max&q=75&fm=jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:18:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "44c3dc8c76228ef5cb2e596d2bd52f75",
                "name": "The American Journal of Managed Care",
                "url": "https://www.ajmc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "020ebe7c780c8d2aae4af2ecdbd35d06",
            "title": "De-Escalated Treatment for HPV-Related Throat Cancer Gets Long-Term Supporting Data",
            "description": "More than 90% of patients alive without evidence of disease at 5 years",
            "content": "Reduced-intensity treatment for human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) led to durable cancer control in more than 90% of patients, long-term follow-up from a prospective study showed.\nAfter a median follow-up of 5 years, 94% o... [5025 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/123704",
            "image": "https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/123xxx/123704.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T16:59:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "572d25e23e12ec1560e8ee1884a7057a",
                "name": "MedPage Today",
                "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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