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Canada Health News API

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

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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": 223508,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fe9a1d19b7e861faf8f2a7bf3eb6272a",
            "title": "Quand les médicaments nous rendent dingues",
            "description": "Certains médicaments, comme les corticostéroïdes, peuvent avoir des effets indésirables importants sur la santé mentale. Or, ces impacts sont souvent négligés ou sous-estimés. Contrairement aux effets secondaires physiques, les changements de comportement ou d’humeur ne sont pas toujours faciles à identifier comme étant liés à un traitement.",
            "content": "En 2020, Léonard, 30 ans, voit sa vie basculer à la suite d’un traitement par corticostéroïdes. \"La cortisone m'a rendu très impulsif. J'ai fait tellement de pétages de plombs assez spectaculaires...\", raconte-t-il dans le podcast Dingue.\nIl se souvi... [2808 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rts.ch/info/sante/2026/article/effets-secondaires-psychiatriques-des-medicaments-risques-meconnus-et-solutions-29127641.html",
            "image": "https://img.rts.ch/articles/2026/image/j7utxw-29127643.image?w=1200&h=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T07:16:14Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "e64858a9435dfbeb3e7983c700e0aaa0",
                "name": "rts.ch",
                "url": "https://www.rts.ch"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "443538b6dd80b68408b3aa7adafcc8d1",
            "title": "Are meat eaters really more likely to live to 100 than non-meat eaters, as a recent study suggests?",
            "description": "The bottom line is that our nutritional needs at 90 may look very different from those at 50, and dietary advice should reflect these changes across the lifespan.",
            "content": "Chloe Casey, Bournemouth University\nPeople who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there’s more to these findings than meets the eye... [4416 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Jan/25/are-meat-eaters-really-more-likely-to-live-to-100-than-non-meat-eaters-as-a-recent-study-suggests-2",
            "image": "https://media.newindianexpress.com/newindianexpress%2F2025-12-30%2Fjfyl7mh8%2FScreenshot-2025-12-30-123606.png?w=1200&ar=40%3A21&auto=format%2Ccompress&ogImage=true&mode=crop&enlarge=true&overlay=false&overlay_position=bottom&overlay_width=100",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T06:31:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "14adde7db63e50959a8e86b1fb57cc05",
                "name": "The New Indian Express",
                "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "84c77245ee89051a9b5711c61fd3d338",
            "title": "A New Study Shows That Oatmeal May Help Significantly Lower Cholesterol Levels",
            "description": "Cardiovascular disease is one of the most prevalent causes of mortality, globally.",
            "content": "A new study by the University of Bonn found that moderate oatmeal consumption, even for just two days, was associated with significant decreases in patient cholesterol levels. The trial studied patients with metabolic syndrome (i.e., those diagnosed ... [3058 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2026/01/24/a-new-study-shows-that-oatmeal-may-help-significantly-lower-cholesterol-levels/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/697559daef0c4e31d99a9dff/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T04:00:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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