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": 280778,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a207d10152a6b1a75e98195e15500838",
            "title": "Ebola outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’ as suspected cases rise, WHO head says",
            "description": "WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths in the Ebola outbreak.",
            "content": "The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and poses a “very high” risk at the national level.\nWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was revising i... [7047 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11860188/ebola-outbreak-spreading-rapidly-suspected-cases-rise-who-update/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ebola-outbreak-update.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&crop=0px%2C106px%2C1023px%2C541px&resize=720%2C379",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T14:25:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74354d3a96b58e16a67038a8bb2c4f7c",
            "title": "Le Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute du St. David's Medical Center accueillera une conférence internationale sur les arythmies cardiaques complexes",
            "description": "Le Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) du St. David's Medical Center organisera son huitième symposium international sur les arythmies complexes les 28 et 29 mai 2026. EPLive, qui a lieu tous les deux ans depuis 2012, est une réunion de...",
            "content": "Classé dans : Santé\nSujets : Salon commercial, FVT\nLe Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute du St. David's Medical Center accueillera une conférence internationale sur les arythmies cardiaques complexes\nEPLive 2026 est une conférence de deux jours qui a... [5446 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lelezard.com/communique-22238847.html",
            "image": "https://www.lelezard.com/img/pr_sections/sante.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:10:50Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "a1c1eae63b63c790ae1452d1149ef618",
                "name": "Lelezard",
                "url": "https://www.lelezard.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0448cb979bbbc43d9ac14289b8b02511",
            "title": "WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly' and upgrades risk assessment",
            "description": "WHO says the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.",
            "content": "The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.\nWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was revi... [1043 chars]",
            "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/22/ebola-who-risk-assessment-latest/",
            "image": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2026/05/a5a6cb9c6b8269e50349823e812404164760e03572f59972275223d56d15028c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T12:43:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f02f7ee49c189e36ef9cc6af610da253",
                "name": "CityNews Vancouver",
                "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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