United States Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from the United States 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 the United States. 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=us&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --data-urlencode "country=us" \
  --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": "us", "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: "us",
    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"  => "us",
    "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=us&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": 159168,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7203129e194d929bf75811f6007f9563",
            "title": "Vicious ‘ankle biter’ mosquitoes capable of spreading dengue fever invade SoCal",
            "description": "Yellow fever mosquitoes native to Sub-Saharan Africa have been wreaking havoc in several neighborhoods of picturesque coastal areas in Southern California.",
            "content": "These mosquitoes don’t wait for dusk and go straight for your ankles!\nYellow fever mosquitoes native to Sub-Saharan Africa have been wreaking havoc in several neighborhoods of picturesque coastal areas in Southern California.\nSanta Barbara County’s M... [2245 chars]",
            "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/vicious-ankle-biter-mosquitoes-capable-of-spreading-dengue-fever-invade-socal/",
            "image": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/147446476.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T20:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d7e5ab9f28d430ac851e2b94640216c",
                "name": "New York Post",
                "url": "https://nypost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b372bc477abcf0f2154f95b62967fe48",
            "title": "'I Got Rhabdomyolysis From a Kettlebell Workout'",
            "description": "Experienced exercisers are often the ones who get rhabdo. Take Amy Wilkinson, who developed rhabdomyolysis symptoms after what she felt was a routine workout.",
            "content": "3 min read\nI could tell something was off one morning during the summer of 2020 when I went to the bathroom and saw what appeared to be grainy bourbon swirling around in my toilet bowl. (Sorry if I’ve forever ruined your fave whiskey for ya!) Startli... [3889 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a74324929/rhabodomyolysis-symptoms/",
            "image": "https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/web-index-gettyimages-1159006842.jpg?crop=0.912xw:0.683xh;0,0.320xh&resize=1200:*",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "821424c4e5310ff2bae7ebc5077bed3e",
                "name": "Women's Health",
                "url": "https://www.womenshealthmag.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f92f2e7333e55e8d20f9fc8ad541666",
            "title": "Embarazada de 25 años muere tras ser hospitalizada por influenza",
            "description": "Fue necesaria una cesárea de emergencia.",
            "content": "El secretario del Departamento de Salud, Víctor Ramos, informó hoy que la agencia investiga la muerte de una mujer embarazada de 25 años, cuyo fallecimiento podría estar vinculado a la influenza.\nSegún indicó el funcionario en el programa En Récord, ... [894 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/embarazada-de-25-anos-muere-tras-ser-hospitalizada-por-influenza/",
            "image": "https://www.primerahora.com/resizer/v2/LK66W4275FGXFITS3FBBM4NWTY.jpg?auth=9e3152983883da6a148d9134a17abf95736a6e85dfbed3b9d51aa9c8aebbf92c&quality=75&width=1200&height=717&focal=517%2C214",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:44:25Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "0ff9d9aa3439f245d940177440bfe1dd",
                "name": "Primera Hora",
                "url": "https://www.primerahora.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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