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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": 291304,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1df7165215014e1942aa263b67e55f0a",
            "title": "Migraine sufferers blame shifting weather for worsening symptoms",
            "description": "Migraines are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, but are often dismissed as stress or ‘just a headache’ — a misconception doctors say leads to delayed treatments.",
            "content": "For University of Alberta student Kearyn Hall, migraines can be debilitating.\n“I’m completely incapacitated when I get a migraine,” she said. “You can’t really deal with that on your own. Advil and Tylenol doesn’t touch it.”\nShe reports having up to ... [6905 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11751983/migraine-shifting-weather-worsening-symptoms/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MIGRAINE-PROBLEMS-2.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T23:43:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "99f988ebbac680fd8b8a3aa4f0621a90",
            "title": "Manitoba pharmacists set to give measles shot as worst outbreak in decades grows",
            "description": "Pharmacists Manitoba has called on the province to enable pharmacists to give the measles vaccine as cases continue to climb.",
            "content": "Manitoba pharmacists will be enlisted to help curb the spread of measles amid the worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in decades.\nPharmacists Manitoba issued a public statement on Monday morning urging the province to enable pharmacists t... [2750 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-pharmacists-set-to-give-measles-shot-as-worst-outbreak-in-decades-grows-9.7147297",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/554447d5-44ed-4612-a30e-f4c4c681afb3,1774888421164/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C218%2C6850%2C3853%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T22:33:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c55d775338ed475805011c662de2c56b",
            "title": "[CROI 2026] aidsmap: GLP-1 agonists could be a global game-changer, but need to be accessible and affordable",
            "description": "Popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications generally work well for people living with HIV. However, much remains to be learned about their long-term use.",
            "content": "aidsmap news story\nPopular GLP-1 weight-loss medications generally work well for people living with HIV, and they may improve liver, gut and cardiovascular health and reduce smoking, along with their well-known benefits for obesity and diabetes, acco... [1397 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eatg.org/hiv-news/croi-2026-aidsmap-glp-1-agonists-could-be-a-global-game-changer-but-need-to-be-accessible-and-affordable/",
            "image": "https://www.eatg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/63983.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T22:00:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "323e897150d4f6ea4eb50b9db2f4fb89",
                "name": "European AIDS Treatment Group",
                "url": "https://www.eatg.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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