Switzerland Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Switzerland 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 Switzerland. 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=ch&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ch" \
  --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": "ch", "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: "ch",
    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"  => "ch",
    "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=ch&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": 133752,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6b2a9f4b7fb44d8770cd2d925809dc17",
            "title": "Sénégal: Cancer - Le gouvernement actualise son plan national avant le 31 décembre",
            "description": "Derrière chaque diagnostic de cancer, il y a une bataille qui ne se limite pas au traitement médical. Il faut pouvoir accéder à un spécialiste, réaliser les examens nécessaires, trouver les médicaments prescrits et financer un parcours de soins parfois long. Pour de nombreuses familles, ces contraintes peuvent s'ajouter à l'épreuve de la maladie.",
            "content": "Derrière chaque diagnostic de cancer, il y a une bataille qui ne se limite pas au traitement médical. Il faut pouvoir accéder à un spécialiste, réaliser les examens nécessaires, trouver les médicaments prescrits et financer un parcours de soins parfo... [3571 chars]",
            "url": "https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202610140614.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:33:38Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c8e1be6de3efb29cad3a00025f24287c",
                "name": "allAfrica.fr",
                "url": "https://fr.allafrica.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6c190d15c844acd1a156517866f31cbe",
            "title": "Forschern gelingt Wiederbelebung",
            "description": "Stanford-Forscher haben eine Möglichkeit gefunden, fast abgestorbene Korallen wiederzubeleben. Lässt sich so die Korallenbleiche abmildern?",
            "content": "Die Erwärmung der Ozeane durch den Klimawandel setzt die wärmeempfindlichen Korallen besonders unter Druck. Zu warmes Wasser stört die für die Nesseltiere lebenswichtige Symbiose mit Algen (Zooxanthellen). Geraten die Algen in Hitzestress, produziere... [2095 chars]",
            "url": "https://t3n.de/news/rettung-korallen-1768304/",
            "image": "https://cdn.t3n.de/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Taucher-Smartphone.jpg?class=content",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:09:44Z",
            "lang": "de",
            "source": {
                "id": "14c42b3439879e8331a2d705be745948",
                "name": "t3n",
                "url": "https://t3n.de"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d969a6b51ea3ba86ba1e8d7427ef9d2e",
            "title": "Kostenlos impfen im Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim: Termine für Grippe, Corona & mehr",
            "description": "Kostenlose Impfungen im Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim: Termine vom 21. Oktober bis 5. November in Hagenow, Parchim und Ludwigslust. Auffrischung für Grippe, Corona, RSV und Pneumokokken.",
            "content": "HAGENOW / LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – Das Gesundheitsamt im Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim bietet im Herbst erneut kostenlose Impfungen an. Der erste Termin findet am 21. Oktober im Rathaus in Hagenow statt, der letzte am 5. November in Parchim und Ludwigs... [5017 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.it-boltwise.de/kostenlos-impfen-im-landkreis-ludwigslust-parchim-termine-fuer-grippe-corona-mehr.html",
            "image": "https://www.it-boltwise.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ai-vaccination-appointment-ludwigslust-parchim.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:22:36Z",
            "lang": "de",
            "source": {
                "id": "0b457712d5f851f85469a0f9f6a4fae8",
                "name": "it boltwise",
                "url": "https://www.it-boltwise.de"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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