Mexico Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Mexico 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 Mexico. 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=mx&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=mx" \
  --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": "mx", "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: "mx",
    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"  => "mx",
    "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=mx&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": 763,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "120c041ad97db2a4156aea16d2de3b4c",
            "title": "La variante “Frankenstein” de COVID-19 circula en México, ¿representa una amenaza?",
            "description": "La variante XFG, conocida como Frankenstein, está entre los linajes detectados en México; revisa los casos de COVID-19 por estado.",
            "content": "La variante XFG del COVID-19, conocida popularmente como “Frankenstein” porque proviene de la mezcla de dos sublinajes de ómicron, LF.7 y LP.8.1.2, se encuentra presente en México, según la plataforma de rastreo Global Initiative on Sharing All Influ... [3955 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.unotv.com/salud/que-es-xfg-la-variante-frankenstein-de-covid-19-con-su-presencia-en-mexicoque-es-xfg-la-variante-frankenstein-de-covid-19-con-presencia-en-mexico/",
            "image": "https://cdn.amxinfra.com/unotv/images/2026/11/nuevo-virus-de-covid-19-presente-en-mexico-164857.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T00:02:22Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "4c9b6ac7590d409eb15a3bff9e967dda",
                "name": "UnoTV",
                "url": "https://www.unotv.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4dc8fffd65ed08258f2af51ae0f899c1",
            "title": "Tu cuerpo frente al tiempo esta semana: frío y calor pueden provocar alergias, cansancio y dolor de cabeza",
            "description": "Cansancio inusual, estornudos frecuentes o migrañas son algunas de las respuestas inmediatas del organismo ante los contrastes de temperatura.",
            "content": "Rocío López Fonseca 02/11/2026 14:03 5 min\nCalor y Sol en el inicio de este mes de noviembre, según el pronóstico de los especialistas de Meteored, esto en gran parte del territorio mexicano, como consecuencia del anticiclón que estará presente, aunq... [2610 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.meteored.mx/noticias/prediccion/tu-cuerpo-frente-al-tiempo-esta-semana-calor-y-frio-en-riesgo-tu-sistema-inmune.html",
            "image": "https://services.meteored.com/img/article/tu-cuerpo-frente-al-tiempo-esta-semana-calor-y-frio-en-riesgo-tu-sistema-inmune-1793635603329_1280.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-02T20:03:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "43c1f291f40022cc151e09307563610c",
                "name": "Meteored México",
                "url": "https://www.meteored.mx"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6ddafd61ac147bf919ffc42760201449",
            "title": "Ju Dong Yang, hepatólogo: \"No recomendaría empezar a tomar café solo por el hígado\"",
            "description": "Un estudio de Cedars-Sinai relaciona el consumo de café, incluso descafeinado, con un riesgo hasta un 47 % menor de cáncer hepático.",
            "content": "Beber café se asocia con un 47 % menos de riesgo de cáncer de hígado, un 32 % menos de cirrosis y un 42 % menos de mortalidad hepática entre quienes consumen cinco o más tazas diarias. Sin embargo, los investigadores que han dado con este hallazgo ad... [3725 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/bienestar/ju-dong-yang-hepatologo-no-recomendaria-empezar-a-tomar-cafe-solo-por-higado_29779",
            "image": "https://content.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio/2026/10/30/granos-de-cafe_55ef488d_261030140606_1200x630.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-30T20:00:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "35fdec25ae85d0f11e4b2428b6c53d34",
                "name": "National Geographic España",
                "url": "https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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