Uganda Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Uganda 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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This request returns the current top health headlines from Uganda. 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=ug&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ug" \
  --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": "ug", "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: "ug",
    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"  => "ug",
    "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=ug&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": 7748,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "045eab79eea8e4b9f21a4dea739aec0e",
            "title": "Blood may reveal signs of gut-related disease that stool samples miss",
            "description": "In a study of 193 participants, researchers found that blood-based short-chain fatty acid profiles distinguished colorectal cancer, celiac disease, obesity, and healthy controls with 95% accuracy, compared with 59% for stool-based measurements. Combining blood and stool profiles increased accuracy to 97%, suggesting that circulating microbial metabolites may offer valuable diagnostic information, although larger studies are needed to validate the findings.",
            "content": "Could the bloodstream reveal signs of gut-related disease that stool samples miss? Researchers compared microbial metabolites in blood and feces to investigate which measurements provide clearer clues about colorectal cancer, celiac disease, and obes... [6567 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/Blood-may-reveal-signs-of-gut-related-disease-that-stool-samples-miss.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_850532_17937581226127236.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46c9379680cf2554c3e2345b79fbb3c4",
            "title": "Study reveals how breast milk sugar may help protect infants against jaundice",
            "description": "A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine sheds light on the role of breast milk in supporting intestinal development and preventing hyperbilirubinemia, a condition in which bilirubin, a waste product from broken-down red blood cells, builds up in the blood and causes yellowing of the skin and eyes known as jaundice.",
            "content": "A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine sheds light on the role of breast milk in supporting intestinal development and preventing hyperbilirubinemia, a condition in which bilirubin, a waste product fro... [2722 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/Study-reveals-how-breast-milk-sugar-may-help-protect-infants-against-jaundice.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2016/6/Breast_milk_-_Mukhina_Viktoriia-2000_c3f24a01ac934e0e823904f74dcd22e9-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "695bcac289e11c5f8088bf951e90adb7",
            "title": "DHA improves autism-like behaviors in a preclinical rat study",
            "description": "Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition marked by social and communication difficulties and repetitive behaviors.",
            "content": "Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition marked by social and communication difficulties and repetitive behaviors. Its biology involves genetic, immune, redox and inflammatory factors, and no treatment fully addr... [4044 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/DHA-improves-autism-like-behaviors-in-a-preclinical-rat-study.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-1194-45838942641990744136-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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