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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": 232594,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8dfb82f3f049319f1bd16f396032bf7e",
            "title": "La Réunion : Deux nouveaux cas de Mpox, l’un des patients n’avait pas voyagé récemment",
            "description": "Neuf cas ont été confirmés sur l'île de La Réunion depuis le début de l'année. Le dernier cas identifié n'avait pas voyagé",
            "content": "L’Agence régionale de santé de La Réunion confirme ce mercredi deux nouveaux cas de variole B, ou Mpox (anciennement nommé variole du singe), portant à six le nombre total de patients malades recensés depuis le début de l’année.\nL’un des deux cas con... [923 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.20minutes.fr/sante/4203394-20260225-reunion-deux-nouveaux-cas-mpox-patients-voyage-recemment",
            "image": "https://img.20mn.fr/TezV0lxWSaOsgZe7TcexkCk/1444x920_virus-mpox-variole-du-singe-premier-cas-en-europe-d-une-nouvelle-souche-plus-contagieuse-detecte-en-suede-le-15-aout-2024-l-oms-a-declenche-son-plus-haut-niveau-d-alerte-vaccin-imvanex-antivariolique-de-troisieme-generation-mva-bn-archives-vaccination-nice-france-15-08-2024-syspeo-sys-a008-credit-syspeo-sipa-2408161748",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T14:56:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "92e7e89f421accb3d56cecfb428a7d20",
                "name": "20 Minutes",
                "url": "https://www.20minutes.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "15b57a794adf02570262a87cd83e2a3d",
            "title": "Patient feedback",
            "description": "How to file a complaint, how to share compliments, patient feedback",
            "content": "The Patient Relations Office is here to listen to your experiences. Whether you have compliments, concerns or suggestions, we will follow-up and make sure you get the support you need. We can also help you navigate the health-care system and answer a... [1065 chars]",
            "url": "https://nlhealthservices.ca/patient-feedback/",
            "image": "https://nlhealthservices.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-favicon.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T14:24:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fa184eb43486404d854111c6cdbf3a2c",
                "name": "Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services",
                "url": "https://nlhealthservices.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f0d80b1d7c122a35203c47a4f4a03746",
            "title": "From WECHU: Avian Influenza Cases at Local Poultry Farm",
            "description": "Health",
            "content": "The following statement was issued by the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU):\nThe Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) has worked closely with partners to support the response to avian influenza detected at a local poultry farm late last we... [1187 chars]",
            "url": "https://kingsvilletimes.ca/2026/02/from-wechu-avian-influenza-cases-at-local-poultry-farm/",
            "image": "https://kingsvilletimes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wechu-blue-canva-cropped-2-1200x661-1-e1649894668910.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T14:20:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0cdf39e88205866416a0f9ca5670ec51",
                "name": "Kingsville Times",
                "url": "https://kingsvilletimes.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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