Canada Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Health News API

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": 282100,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "30f9f859d45cd44c1c132a12ecd7c33b",
            "title": "L’université parie sur les peaux de banane pour éliminer le chrome présent dans l’eau",
            "description": "À l’Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, deux chercheuses testent des déchets végétaux pour voir s’ils permettent de réduire la présence de chrome VI, une forme toxique du chrome, dans l’eau. Encore au stade du laboratoire, le projet Dechro explore la piste de biofiltres adaptés au pays.",
            "content": "Ceci n’est pas un tuto pour une recette maison. Inutile de plonger une peau de banane dans votre carafe en espérant dépolluer votre eau. Mais, dans les laboratoires de l’Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (UNC), des déchets naturels très ordinaires ... [4333 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lnc.nc/article/l-universite-parie-sur-les-peaux-de-banane-pour-eliminer-le-chrome-present-dans-l-eau",
            "image": "https://www.lnc.nc/sites/default/files/melody/314150/264bcc8a6b3a6f94bcd4bcv_00138050.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "8d1ebb13de9ad14697507c502660d5a3",
                "name": "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes",
                "url": "https://www.lnc.nc"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b8405ae0ef829b67371bafd2294e6f4",
            "title": "Gut fungi may hold the key to treating asthma, allergies worldwide",
            "description": "New research led by UBC’s Dr. Stuart Turvey sheds light on the important role fungi play in the gut microenvironment.",
            "content": "Two new studies jointly published in Nature: The Clinical Microbiome reveal that certain species of fungi in the gut play a key role in the development of immune dysregulation and some childhood allergic diseases — and may be promising targets for ne... [3583 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/gut-fungi-may-hold-the-key-to-treating-asthma-allergies-worldwide/",
            "image": "https://med-fom-faculty.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2026/06/Gut-fungi.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T16:35:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4918774e89b6b8e54231c1460944e566",
                "name": "UBC Faculty of Medicine",
                "url": "https://www.med.ubc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33ec26b482635a4d7884ebfcff9502ba",
            "title": "Weight-loss drug approved to treat sleep apnea in Canada",
            "description": "Health Canada has approved an injection medication to treat severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity.",
            "content": "Health Canada has approved weight-loss drug Zepbound for treating obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity.\nThe department confirmed that the authorization granted on June 11 makes Zepbound the only GLP-1 drug in Canada approved for the sleep d... [3857 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sleep-apnea-glp1-9.7247220",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/f066220b-a673-45ff-a31a-c44a45dcd3fc,1782315910915/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C134%2C4633%2C2606%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T16:27:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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