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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 APIAPI 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": 223296,
"articles": [
{
"id": "f69958ba89f5bccc6f29bbb2b8df8e27",
"title": "Charity backs study of rare cancer in boy's memory",
"description": "The Coventry charity, set up in memory of Ben, 7, says the last drug to treat it was issued in 1986.",
"content": "A charity founded by a couple whose son died from a rare form of cancer is to co-fund the first major research into the strain of the disease in 40 years.\nBen Crowther, 7, died in 2019 from rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that affects children... [1834 chars]",
"url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/charity-backs-study-rare-cancer-145903424.html",
"image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/64f68d93b7ec1b82597074ef63dcf9ba",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-06T14:59:03Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
"name": "Yahoo News Canada",
"url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
}
},
{
"id": "2c882b99c1c3457f1fb42724935baefd",
"title": "Public Health supporting measles vaccination in Western Zone",
"description": "With March break coming soon and winter travel picking up, Public Health is offering enhanced access to measles vaccination for those who are eligible in Western Zone. Nova Scotians are reminded that measles is still circulating at high levels across Canada and around the world. It is important to ensure families are up-to-date on their vaccinations at least 14 days prior to travel to be protected, and that two doses (4 weeks apart) are required to be fully immunized.",
"content": "With March break coming soon and winter travel picking up, Public Health is offering enhanced access to measles vaccination for those who are eligible in Western Zone. Nova Scotians are reminded that measles is still circulating at high levels across... [4290 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/public-health-supporting-measles-vaccination-western-zone-1",
"image": "https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/default/files/favicon.ico",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-06T14:05:26Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a7b3f4924d0cee6be449addca71f3917",
"name": "Nova Scotia Health",
"url": "https://www.nshealth.ca"
}
},
{
"id": "48caa47f3e8f1c4a71451541597dabd9",
"title": "Breakthrough in ovarian cancer prevention",
"description": "A preventative surgical procedure developed in British Columbia appears to drastically reduce a woman’s risk of developing the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer, a merciless disease of which half of the victims will survive at most five years after diagnosis. Opportunistic salpingectomy involves the proactive removal of the fallopian tubes of a […]",
"content": "A preventative surgical procedure developed in British Columbia appears to drastically reduce a woman’s risk of developing the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer, a merciless disease of which half of the victims will survive at most five y... [4488 chars]",
"url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/06/breakthrough-ovarian-cancer-prevention/",
"image": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/19/2026/02/Ovarian-cancer-scaled.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-06T13:46:52Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "195fa0cb5fce8f9cfcd06cf293a4c16a",
"name": "CityNews Montreal",
"url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca"
}
}
]
}