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": 268938,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c1e0c8987cb002e0eb12affea72c0a25",
            "title": "Saunas, soins infrarouges, cosmétiques chauffants : quand la chaleur réinvente le bien-être",
            "description": "Saunas réconfortants, cours de sport en version étuve et cosmétiques chauffants font grimper la température bien avant l’été.",
            "content": "Des huttes fumantes de l’âge de pierre aux cabines infrarouges high-tech, l’humanité n’a jamais cessé de chercher la chaleur. Les Romains avaient leurs thermes, les Japonais leurs onsen, les Russes leurs banyas, les Ottomans leurs hammams. Partout su... [11071 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.harpersbazaar.fr/beaute/saunas-soins-infrarouges-cosmetiques-chauffants-quand-la-chaleur-reinvente-le-bien-etre_7486",
            "image": "https://www.harpersbazaar.fr/imgre/fit/~1~hbz~2026~05~07~e418f063-8ada-4fcf-b1d6-55ba23306dbf.jpg/1200x630/focus-point/1614%2C1228/saunas-soins-infrarouges-cosmetiques-chauffants-quand-la-chaleur-reinvente-le-bien-etre.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T14:03:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f27912562d99e500a9b98f0c9a7280b",
                "name": "Harper's BAZAAR France",
                "url": "https://www.harpersbazaar.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7d036319650b6bff5c4f2811f6925b0b",
            "title": "Spain prepares for evacuations as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands",
            "description": "Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations.",
            "content": "Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew onboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials say they will perform careful evacuations.\nThe MV Hondius is exp... [3755 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cruise-ship-hantavirus-canary-islands-9.7192237",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/e2773f39-3dc8-4af7-8a36-c91acfd75a52,1778229114042/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2924%2C1644%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:49:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "584328529d646fa466c724e2150a3bab",
            "title": "4 Canadians still on hantavirus cruise ship to meet with consular officials",
            "description": "The federal government says three people with connections to the cruise are isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, but they aren't showing symptoms.",
            "content": "Consular officials are on their way to the Canary Islands to meet with four Canadians on board a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.\nThe federal government says three people with connections to the cruise are isolating at home in Ontario and Queb... [695 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11840206/hantavirus-cruise-ship-four-canadians/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CP176255158-e1778168174291.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:23:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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