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": 295226,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c3ca36867bb096689e7c151bc68e7046",
            "title": "Hereditary cancer patients to get ‘game changer’ blood tests",
            "description": "B.C. Cancer says that over the next four years, it will administer the POAga blood test to about 1,000 patients in the hereditary cancer program.",
            "content": "Angela Lee of Nanaimo says that when her brother was told he had three months to live, he fretted about not having a legacy.\nLittle did he know that the genetic cancer testing he did was his legacy — benefiting generations of his family to come.\nNels... [5158 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/hereditary-cancer-patients-to-get-game-changer-blood-tests-as-part-of-study-12216756",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/victoriatimescolonist/json/2026/04/web1_04292026-dr-intan-schrader.jpg;w=1000;h=667;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6760fb589155c6fa875284f1e8a46c61",
                "name": "Times Colonist",
                "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ef4fcfea1d2a8fd03a4e9e5727c56158",
            "title": "Stoked Bio Announces the Closing of Seed Financing Round",
            "description": "/CNW/ - Stoked Bio Inc., a Canadian biotechnology company focused on the development of novel anti-infectives and cancer therapeutics, announced today the...",
            "content": "Oversubscribed $2,500,000 Seed round Funds to advance pipeline of novel therapeutics for conditions of high unmet medical need 99% of the investment sourced from Ontario investors\nHAMILTON, ON, May 1, 2026 /CNW/ - Stoked Bio Inc., a Canadian biotechn... [3751 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/stoked-bio-announces-the-closing-of-seed-financing-round-811583085.html",
            "image": "https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2970297/Stoked_Bio_Inc_Stoked_Bio_Announces_the_Closing_of_Seed_Financin.jpg?p=facebook",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cf555e7a9ba184ade8de566542781f7e",
                "name": "Newswire Canada",
                "url": "https://www.newswire.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4148d53471e705f60321625ca974fc8f",
            "title": "La transplantation cardiaque partielle révolutionne la prise en charge des très jeunes enfants",
            "description": "Le recours à cette technique novatrice a été imaginée en priorité pour de très jeunes patients, afin qu’ils bénéficient d’un greffon qui puisse croître avec eux.",
            "content": "L’équipe conduite par le pionnier de la chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique Joseph Turek, de l’université Duke (Durham, Caroline du Nord), a annoncé, lors du 46e congrès annuel de la Société internationale pour la transplantation cardiaque et pulmonaire ... [1885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2026/05/01/la-transplantation-cardiaque-partielle-revolutionne-la-prise-en-charge-des-tres-jeunes-enfants_6684707_1650684.html",
            "image": "https://img.lemde.fr/2026/04/28/0/0/900/600/1440/960/60/0/afc056c_upload-1-kbpv3gg127ac-plan-de-travail-1scie-1826-media-d-appel.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T10:30:05Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8bceab28da05bf9ed8678be4690bf64",
                "name": "Le Monde.fr",
                "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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