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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": 224894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3781df8daf5cb657d446160830e0ac49",
            "title": "Alberta Insider: Behind the delay in disclosing a measles death",
            "description": "Senior provincial health officials spent months discussing the definition of congenital measles, causing the delay",
            "content": "The death of a premature baby who contracted measles in utero is so far the only fatality connected to the current outbreak in Alberta. But it appears months of debate over the definition of congenital measles delayed the disclosure of the tragedy to... [2652 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-insider-behind-the-delay-in-disclosing-a-measles-death/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/IKCSWEC4CNFERJNMPQXET7TETY.JPG?auth=aa0f5188ec3574a6ba973c5901533378c3e5acb5c4b69f87e64ed50776149e9a&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T21:05:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "10efa88d89f0b08981ecb4fa55604fcb",
            "title": "Critical incident stood down at NHS hospital",
            "description": "A critical incident was declared at William Harvey Hospital over high numbers of patients needing care.",
            "content": "A critical incident declared at a Kent hospital over high numbers of patients needing care has been stood down.\nOn Tuesday, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust said William Harvey Hospital in Ashford was struggling to deal with winter illnesses and respira... [1876 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/critical-incident-stood-down-nhs-203122931.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/825f3877be75ab1c7fd3c35bf3038cd1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T20:31:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d95cb93e8dbff167e7ffe35381e88195",
            "title": "'They could be like me' - Kingston man's hepatitis C journey a warning to others",
            "description": "A Kingston man who just discovered he was infected with hepatitis C in his teens is warning others to check their medical records.",
            "content": "Article content\nArt Veryard is turning the pages of a brown photo album, seated in his east-end Kingston home.\nAdvertisement 2\nStory continues below\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR... [13875 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thewhig.com/news/they-could-be-like-me-kingston-mans-hepatitis-c-journey-a-warning-to-others",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nexus/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/0207-ki-hep-c-01.ki_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T20:11:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "643b2546b330db5d3311b78f5feef35f",
                "name": "The Kingston Whig Standard",
                "url": "https://www.thewhig.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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