Philippines Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from the Philippines 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 the Philippines. 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=ph&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ph" \
  --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": "ph", "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: "ph",
    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"  => "ph",
    "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=ph&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": 107236,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2a229049b95774cc84d10e8eb321ee3d",
            "title": "Phenobarbital shows no clear advantage over diazepam for alcohol withdrawal, large study finds",
            "description": "Alcohol withdrawal is a common and dangerous medical emergency. Although benzodiazepines remain the standard treatment for this condition, the use of the barbiturate phenobarbital has increased by more than 200% in the last decade with limited evidence to suggest that this practice is safe and effective.",
            "content": "Alcohol withdrawal is a common and dangerous medical emergency. Although benzodiazepines remain the standard treatment for this condition, the use of the barbiturate phenobarbital has increased by more than 200% in the last decade with limited eviden... [2705 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-phenobarbital-advantage-diazepam-alcohol-large.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/unwell-man.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "71300540730890b04ea704eed2640715",
            "title": "Raytracing-guided LASIK enhancement improves visual function after cataract surgery",
            "description": "Raytracing-guided laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) enhancement improves visual function and residual refractive errors in pseudophakic eyes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held Oct. 9 to 12 in New Orleans.",
            "content": "Raytracing-guided laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) enhancement improves visual function and residual refractive errors in pseudophakic eyes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, h... [1276 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-raytracing-lasik-visual-function-cataract.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/lasik.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:40:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cbcc153ac03aed70fec6c545c66ba132",
            "title": "What to know about childhood vaccines this year: A Q&A with a trusted NC pediatrician.",
            "description": "A lot of mixed messaging is circulating around vaccines, often from the top of the nation’s federal health care infrastructure.",
            "content": "by Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health News\nOctober 14, 2026\nBy Rose Hoban\nFall leaves are starting to turn, and school is in full swing. That means respiratory infections are about to tick up, and it’s the time of year when health care providers talk ... [12526 chars]",
            "url": "https://cardinalpine.com/news/childhood-vaccines-nc-pediatrician/",
            "image": "https://cardinalpine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2026/10/9349.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3fdc8d3c3f9c0c7efc47d32174af8d09",
                "name": "Cardinal & Pine",
                "url": "https://cardinalpine.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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