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": 269698,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "22b237a6be29f0a340297504c16c81a7",
            "title": "Hantavirus risk low in Ontario, no symptoms for exposed couple: province's chief medical officer",
            "description": "Ontario's chief medical officer of health says two Ontario residents who were on a cruise ship with passengers infected with hantavirus are in good spirits and showing no symptoms, while isolating in their rural community.",
            "content": "Ontario's chief medical officer of health says two Ontario residents who were on a cruise ship with passengers infected with hantavirus are in good spirits and showing no symptoms, while isolating in their rural community.\nDr. Kieran Moore says the c... [1633 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-hantavirus-risk-low-9.7192767",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/71132caf-2af2-43ec-b67e-ac0694badb7f,1778258366307/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28972%2C684%2C5093%2C2864%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T19:44:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "55f5f6f356b06fefbc102625c2724b86",
            "title": "New suspected hantavirus cases found as experts issue containment guidance",
            "description": "World Health Organization officials are working on a step-by-step operational guidance for the safe disembarkation of passengers and crew once they reach land.",
            "content": "Two suspected cases of hantavirus were reported on Friday, with one in Spain and the other on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, according to officials.\nA Spanish woman who was on the same flight as a passenger who died of hantavir... [10590 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11840706/new-suspected-hantavirus-cases-experts-working-on-guidance/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/hantavirus-case-update.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&crop=0px%2C22px%2C1023px%2C541px&resize=720%2C379",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T19:39:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "26799e21f77da6e42a22e1b7c88ff9fe",
            "title": "133 personnes aux prises avec la COVID longue dans la région",
            "description": "La pandémie a laissé de nombreuses traces au Québec. Décès dans les CHSLD, fermetures d’entreprises certes, mais aussi en laissant dans son sillage, au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, 133 personnes atteintes de COVID longue depuis six ans",
            "content": "La pandémie a laissé de nombreuses traces au Québec. Décès dans les CHSLD, fermetures d’entreprises certes, mais aussi en laissant dans son sillage, au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, 133 personnes atteintes de COVID longue depuis six ans.\nC’est du moins le... [1423 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lelacstjean.com/actualites/665165/133-personnes-aux-prises-avec-la-covid-longue-dans-la-region",
            "image": "https://www.lelacstjean.com/upload/25/evenements/2026/5/665165/133-personnes-aux-prises-avec-la-covid-longue-dans-la-region-134227332590343438_CropVersion_130108.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T18:31:32Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "e4ddcd691a0e0a922387e27fe077d329",
                "name": "Le Lac-St-Jean",
                "url": "https://www.lelacstjean.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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