Canada Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Health News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 292254,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f16f0dbc368ba7586d9639f63af32e0b",
            "title": "Rappels : vigilance sur un set de perfusion Absosoins",
            "description": "L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) informe d'un rappel de sécurité concernant un dispositif médical ditsribué en officine : le set de perfusion Absosoins Perfusion de Laboratoire Marque Verte.",
            "content": "Un avis de sécurité relayé par l’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) informe du rappel volontaire par Laboratoire Marque Verte d’un set de perfusion Absosoins Perfusion contenant un perfuseur 3 voies de la socié... [928 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lemoniteurdespharmacies.fr/therapeutique/vigilances/rappels-vigilance-sur-un-set-de-perfusion-absosoins",
            "image": "https://www.lemoniteurdespharmacies.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/iStock-2158981620.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T15:20:32Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "dda0cff161a94903828dcb67f8dcfb17",
                "name": "Le Moniteur des pharmacies",
                "url": "https://www.lemoniteurdespharmacies.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bcc54c2987e847b08b9e5bcbdbfb6d67",
            "title": "Communication HIB - Gale dans la Broye : peu de cas avérés",
            "description": "Rougeurs, boutons et démangeaisons ne sont pas l’apanage de la gale, bien au contraire. Sur les centaines de personnes qui se présentent quotidiennement ...",
            "content": "Dans ce contexte, les médecins de premier recours de la Broye reçoivent les patients présentant une possible gale et en cas de suspicion, ils sont encouragés à les adresser à la consultation spécialisée de l’HIB, pour la confirmation du diagnostic et... [826 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fr.ch/dsas/actualites/communication-hib-gale-dans-la-broye-peu-de-cas-averes",
            "image": "https://www.fr.ch/sites/default/files/2021-12/logohibsvg_0.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T15:10:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "2313dac1c608f691f09fa721c23c4bb6",
                "name": "fr.ch",
                "url": "https://www.fr.ch"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc9a31d7b3e20af868b38cad74028baa",
            "title": "Public warned of possible measles exposure at Toronto Pearson & two flights",
            "description": "Peel Public Health is alerting the public about a potential measles exposure linked to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and two flights that arrived and departed on June 13. According to the health unit, individuals may have been exposed to the virus while travelling on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET552 from Addis Ababa to Toronto or Air Canada flight AC410 from Toronto to Montreal.",
            "content": "Peel Public Health is alerting the public about a potential measles exposure linked to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and two flights that arrived and departed on June 13.\nAccording to the health unit, individuals may have been exposed t... [2257 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.paxnews.com/news/airline/public-warned-possible-measles-exposure-toronto-pearson-two-flights",
            "image": "https://www.paxnews.com/storage/app/uploads/public/6a3/aa0/553/6a3aa05538144922484474.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T15:07:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "07a0aaa4a6f954b5a7e0b83ded152da8",
                "name": "PAXnews.com",
                "url": "https://www.paxnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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