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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": 239764,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f97cf179f1f84dbdd71ffd141165ebc6",
            "title": "Riedisheim Des pas de danse pour combattre Alzheimer",
            "description": "« Envoyer valser Alzheimer ». Telle était la promesse des organisateurs de la conférence organisée mardi 24 février à l’Aronde de Riedisheim, par ...",
            "content": "L'Alsace, en tant que responsable de traitement, recueille dans ce formulaire des informations qui sont enregistrées dans un fichier informatisé par son Service Relations Clients, la finalité étant d’assurer la création et la gestion de votre compte,... [743 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lalsace.fr/culture-loisirs/2026/02/27/des-pas-de-danse-pour-combattre-alzheimer",
            "image": "https://cdn-s-www.lalsace.fr/images/B0786C00-8F45-477E-B8F7-DCA3E27542AE/FB1200/photo-1772220388.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T19:27:49Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "21757670b54aacb8c554f02ff0262dff",
                "name": "L'Alsace",
                "url": "https://www.lalsace.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8107eb7d12ce791b824861462e4944b0",
            "title": "Listening to your heart: Community Health Teams supporting Nova Scotians this heart month",
            "description": "February is Heart Month – a time to focus on one of the most important muscles in our bodies. Heart health isn’t only shaped in hospitals or clinics. It’s influenced by the everyday choices we make. It’s how we eat, how we move, how we manage stress and how supported we feel along the way.",
            "content": "February is Heart Month – a time to focus on one of the most important muscles in our bodies. Heart health isn’t only shaped in hospitals or clinics. It’s influenced by the everyday choices we make. It’s how we eat, how we move, how we manage stress ... [4833 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/listening-your-heart-community-health-teams-supporting-nova-scotians-heart-month",
            "image": "https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/default/files/favicon.ico",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T17:48:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a7b3f4924d0cee6be449addca71f3917",
                "name": "Nova Scotia Health",
                "url": "https://www.nshealth.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9ee8928c45f6adbf092cff5ced235181",
            "title": "Measles cases skyrocket in Manitoba, with 139 in February",
            "description": "Manitoba's measles count is soaring, with 57 confirmed new cases since last week, bringing the monthly total to 139.",
            "content": "Manitoba's measles count is soaring, with 57 confirmed new cases since last week, bringing the monthly total to 139.\nThere have been 215 confirmed cases and 22 probable cases in less than two months this year, the latest data from the province — rele... [2193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-cases-soar-february-9.7108314",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/bbfd1dd2-93f1-45c0-b897-892c8e6a051f,1772208145731/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C7%2C1248%2C702%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T17:29:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "cbc.ca",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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