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": 278010,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "928446041b6b345df8f88fd51aab4c11",
            "title": "Forward bending at work may raise miscarriage risk during pregnancy",
            "description": "Bending forwards, and to a lesser extent, walking a lot at work in early pregnancy, may raise the risk of miscarriage, finds a large study of more than 470,000 Danish women, published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.",
            "content": "Bending forwards, and to a lesser extent, walking a lot at work in early pregnancy, may raise the risk of miscarriage, finds a large study of more than 470,000 Danish women, published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.\nEach ... [3323 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260618/Forward-bending-at-work-may-raise-miscarriage-risk-during-pregnancy.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/6/Pregnancy-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T02:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec7c07acfdade5a737b6c8f167e36f24",
            "title": "Rage du raton: la santé publique s'inquiète de la poussée en Montérégie et en Estrie",
            "description": "LONGUEUIL — La rage du raton laveur connaît une progression inquiétante en Montérégie et en Estrie, au point où les directions de santé publique des deux régions ont tenu à…",
            "content": "LONGUEUIL — La rage du raton laveur connaît une progression inquiétante en Montérégie et en Estrie, au point où les directions de santé publique des deux régions ont tenu à faire le point, jeudi, et à émettre des consignes de prudence pour les citoye... [4950 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.journalleguide.com/nouvelles-nationales/rage-du-raton-la-sante-publique-sinquiete-de-la-poussee-en-monteregie-et-en-estrie/",
            "image": "https://www.journalleguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/06/c6305693098f46e8d8cdfba933b9a8507653950bfc604f146e279bd690779837.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T01:59:23Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "2722e7ffe80c6b7a00e32a9ba1334d7c",
                "name": "Le Guide de Cowansville",
                "url": "https://www.journalleguide.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "28e58780a5ea469c80407fc624031600",
            "title": "Ebola outbreak is three times bigger than any previous outbreak at the same stage",
            "description": "Medical teams are overwhelmed and struggling to trace the contacts of Ebola victims",
            "content": "A month after Ebola was detected, the epidemic in eastern Congo is already three times bigger than any previous outbreak of the virus at the same stage, health workers say.\nMedical teams in the Ebola zone are struggling with a severe shortage of reso... [4284 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ebola-outbreak-is-three-times-bigger-than-any-previous-outbreak-at-the/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/YL4RYCP7WBCPZLKS4WNA6XWOTI.jpg?auth=7b05a5b0ba032a6927428d08de7d23132fa8ab0670c17515cfe5f528cc43cabc&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T23:38:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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