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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": 239046,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e28b4d07a820ff91acc13b0044c2b3bd",
            "title": "CATIE: DoxyPEP and antibiotic resistance: What have we learned so far?",
            "description": "Some researchers are concerned that over the long term, widespread use of doxyPEP may diminish the antibiotic’s effectiveness.",
            "content": "CATIE blog\nStudies have found that the antibiotic doxycycline, when taken after sexual exposure, can significantly reduce the risk of some bacterial sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia and syphilis. However, it is generally less effective ... [330 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eatg.org/hiv-news/catie-doxypep-and-antibiotic-resistance-what-have-we-learned-so-far/",
            "image": "https://www.eatg.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ebd8b5d7-9eb4-4dab-81da-c3886e8372ae.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T02:13:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "323e897150d4f6ea4eb50b9db2f4fb89",
                "name": "European AIDS Treatment Group",
                "url": "https://www.eatg.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "237e01da065c0cbb76a4dbd9fc49fc07",
            "title": "Major breakthrough in battle against dementia: Experts 'finally unlock' mystery of why CANCER survivors are less likely to develop cognitive disease",
            "description": "Why are people who survive cancer less likely to develop dementia later in life? Now researchers think they may have found the secret to this unusual link between two of the world's biggest killers.",
            "content": "It's a medical mystery which has puzzled scientists for decades – why are people who survive cancer much less likely to develop dementia later in life?\nA number of studies over the past 20 years or so have found that a cancer diagnosis (of almost any... [5608 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15585779/cancer-dementia-protein-cells-prevent-cure.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/23/18/106614299-0-image-a-17_1771872531057.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T01:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "508c18b590dffffed435c153588527d5",
            "title": "Alberta minister addresses communication concern over broad-based measles warning",
            "description": "Alberta’s minister for primary health care says a measles warning was issued for an entire county last week after 17 people tested positive for the virus. Adriana LaGrange says that health officials made the decision to issue a broad alert for Parkland County, west of Edmonton, because they couldn’t confirm details. “They couldn’t pinpoint it to […]",
            "content": "Alberta’s minister for primary health care says a measles warning was issued for an entire county last week after 17 people tested positive for the virus.\nAdriana LaGrange says that health officials made the decision to issue a broad alert for Parkla... [2609 chars]",
            "url": "https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/23/alberta-minister-addresses-communication-concern-over-broad-based-measles-warning/",
            "image": "https://edmonton.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/15/ujee00eu.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T23:45:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "42ba8df6598052693bd84c72acf0a484",
                "name": "CityNews Edmonton",
                "url": "https://edmonton.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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