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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": 210868,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3b10ecd326f83f169aa7d861c86004c5",
            "title": "Number of flu cases in Toronto on the rise, Toronto Public Health says",
            "description": "The number of flu cases in Toronto is rising as the city heads into winter, according to Toronto Public Health data.",
            "content": "The number of flu cases in Toronto is rising as the city heads into winter, according to Toronto Public Health data.\nA total of 238 lab-confirmed cases of the flu have been reported in Toronto as of Nov. 15, Toronto Public Health (TPH) said in a stat... [2350 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/flu-cases-toronto-rising-data-9.6997311",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4883702,1558289603000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C67%2C2625%2C1476%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T01:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "31f24cdc1dd43d2ac49bede3eb9739b3",
            "title": "4 poultry farms in southwestern Ontario hit with avian flu resulting in 63k birds culled so far",
            "description": "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has identified additional outbreaks of avian influenza in Strathroy-Caradoc, bringing the total number declared in the last two weeks to four.",
            "content": "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has identified additional outbreaks of avian influenza in the Strathroy, Ont. area, bringing the total number declared in the last two weeks to four.\nThe most recent outbreak was uncovered Friday aft... [4426 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/4-poultry-farms-in-southwestern-ontario-hit-with-avian-flu-resulting-in-63k-birds-culled-so-far-9.6996593",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/02a92377-ffc5-4b4a-9123-2dab1672ce4e,1764376929777/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C48%2C3000%2C1687%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T00:57:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "503097c108e5d080113477f8a48e5c75",
            "title": "Yellowknife is seeing a spike in flu cases among youth",
            "description": "The influenza virus is circulating through Yellowknife early this year and it’s affecting the city’s youth first.",
            "content": "The influenza virus is circulating through Yellowknife early this year and it’s affecting the city’s youth first.\nOn Monday alone, 247 students were absent from Sir John Franklin High School, according to Graham Arts, the assistant superintendent for... [2224 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yellowknife-student-influenza-9.6997182",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5045720,1551904082000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2864%2C0%2C831%2C467%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T00:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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