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": 273998,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3b21dd9631ef786a638f83372c4faa5d",
            "title": "Congo health ministry reports 131 deaths and 513 suspected Ebola cases in eastern Congo",
            "description": "KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as details emerged about the government’s delayed response. ...",
            "content": "Health authorities say the current outbreak, first confirmed on Friday, is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant of the Ebola disease that has no approved therapeutics or vaccines. Although more than 20 Ebola outbreaks have taken place in Co... [502 chars]",
            "url": "https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2026/05/19/congo-health-ministry-reports-131-deaths-and-513-suspected-ebola-cases-in-eastern-congo/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/uploads/station/1984/fbShare.png?r=55909",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T08:36:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef658ac6e7f65d89c68408e77985f40f",
                "name": "Lethbridge News Now",
                "url": "https://lethbridgenewsnow.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "89281a05341d40594f45a68e81a24b1d",
            "title": "At 'crucial' moment for pandemic preparedness, experts say world isn't ready",
            "description": "Government funding cutbacks and a distrust in public health authorities means the world is not ready for the next pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).",
            "content": "Government funding cutbacks and a distrust in public health authorities means the world is not ready for the next pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).\n\"We are at a crucial time in the his... [4964 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/global-pandemic-world-not-ready-9.7203456",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6426885,1779151152794/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C1160%2C652%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "41b26b2d1a5df47c4ed6cc546d1ce175",
            "title": "Des troubles alimentaires difficiles à repérer",
            "description": "Méconnus, les troubles alimentaires dits «atypiques» causent bel et bien de la détresse.",
            "content": "Contrairement aux idées reçues, il est possible de souffrir d’anorexie sans être en sous-poids. Cette réalité fait partie des troubles alimentaires dits « atypiques ». Méconnus et souvent difficiles à détecter, ils causent pourtant bel et bien de la ... [4421 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/sante/981083/troubles-alimentaires-difficiles-reperer",
            "image": "https://media1.ledevoir.com/image/981083.jpg?crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&width=1600&ts=1779142692",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T04:00:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c84f2ae7c58e4987789aacb653e5f635",
                "name": "Le Devoir",
                "url": "https://www.ledevoir.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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