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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": 98881,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Weekend Spotlight: Five things to do in Kingston area this weekend",
            "description": "Weekend Spotlight: Five things to do in Kingston area this weekend",
            "content": "This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\nWeekend Spotlight: Five things to do in Kingston area this weekend Getty Images/iStockphoto\nArticle content 1. Maple Madness\nAdvertisement 2 Story continues below This advertise... [6250 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thewhig.com/news/weekend-spotlight-five-things-to-do-in-kingston-area-this-weekend-94",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nexus/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pm-683737016.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-13T18:17:57Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Kingston Whig-Standard",
                "url": "https://www.thewhig.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplays measles vaccine as cases surge",
            "description": "A growing measles outbreak has led to 222 reported cases across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma in 2025, with health officials urging more people to get vaccinated.",
            "content": "This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility:\nA growing measles outbreak has led to 222 reported cases across Texas... [5709 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-robert-kennedy-jr-downplays-measles.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2025/robert-f-kennedy-jr-do.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-13T18:00:08Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Ontario measles cases more than double over past two weeks; hospitalizations up to 31",
            "description": "Public Health Ontario is reporting 372 total cases since an outbreak began on Oct. 28, 2024.",
            "content": "Country\nUnited States of America US Virgin Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Canada Mexico, United Mexican States Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Cuba, Republic of Dominican Republic Haiti, Republic of Jamaica Afghanistan Albania, People's So... [4996 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com/life/ontario-measles-cases-more-than-double-over-past-two-weeks-hospitalizations-up-to-31/article_4acfcf98-139c-5a79-83a0-e38152022d8f.html",
            "image": "https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/87/a8730aab-6e56-5287-9eff-6ab03761b260/67c8d82707084.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize",
            "publishedAt": "2025-03-13T17:35:19Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Toronto Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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