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": 271064,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "164d4263ba6e51f634eb36faa893e1bf",
            "title": "Une seule dose de psilocybine altère le cerveau, montre une nouvelle étude",
            "description": "Nouvelles en Beauce",
            "content": "MONTRÉAL — Une seule dose de psilocybine, le composé psychoactif des “champignons magiques”, semble causer dans le cerveau des changements anatomiques qui peuvent perdurer jusqu’à un mois après l’expérience, ont constaté des chercheurs américains.\nCe... [4727 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.leclaireurprogres.ca/nouvelles-nationales/une-seule-dose-de-psilocybine-altere-le-cerveau-montre-une-nouvelle-etude/",
            "image": "https://www.leclaireurprogres.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2026/05/c4a877683fa2c684ed9073c57f948ad636e7481ea9b570e6d600a8f6bd14cec9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T17:31:31Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c7b34069d155e40ea93d76c600c4b42b",
                "name": "L’Éclaireur Progrès",
                "url": "https://www.leclaireurprogres.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c887df3062c878c17fe2fde0835b4804",
            "title": "Ontario now testing 10 asymptomatic people",
            "description": "Ontario’s ministry of health says it is now testing 10 asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week.",
            "content": "Ontario’s ministry of health said it is now testing asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week, as health officials around the world grapple with the role of testing in... [3367 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/politics/queens-park/2026/05/15/ontario-now-testing-10-asymptomatic-people-for-hantavirus-low-risk-cases-to-stop-isolating-if-negative/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/2K7RZXGRGVZOLQ3YILILX65APY.jpg?smart=true&auth=20416ddd2c55aa01b49ec229406167256a901dfb59aa1c03cc07c534173022ec&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T17:10:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb6db397b8f43b5032b3d25a68ae4892",
            "title": "Moustique tigre : dengue, chikungunya, Zika... pourquoi 2026 s'annonce à haut risque en France",
            "description": "Après une année 2025 record, les autorités sanitaires craignent une saison 2026 à haut risque. La France est désormais en période de surveillance renforcée.",
            "content": "Depuis le 1er mai, la France est officiellement entrée en période de surveillance renforcée des maladies transmises par les moustiques. Les autorités sanitaires font de la lutte contre la dengue, le chikungunya, le virus Zika et celui du Nil occident... [2863 chars]",
            "url": "https://actu.fr/societe/moustique-tigre-dengue-chikungunya-zika-pourquoi-2026-s-annonce-a-haut-risque-en-france_64264775.html",
            "image": "https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2026/05/moustique-tigre.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T17:02:01Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a1d23f6ed0342079db7b0d67bb4fcb0",
                "name": "Actu.fr",
                "url": "https://actu.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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