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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": 96894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Experimental drug shows promise in restoring memory in Alzheimer's model",
            "description": "A paradigm-shifting study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.",
            "content": "A paradigm-shifting study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Recently published in Neurobiol... [4147 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250204/Experimental-drug-shows-promise-in-restoring-memory-in-Alzheimers-model.aspx",
            "image": "https://d2jx2rerrg6sh3.cloudfront.net/image-handler/picture/2016/2/Alzheimers_amyloid_plaque_-_Juan_Gaertner_9638f1223d534b518a192c8478871d65-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-02-05T02:13:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "News-Medical.Net",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Breakthrough drug improves treatment of medulloblastoma in mice",
            "description": "Brain cancer is the second-leading cause of death in children in the developed world. For the children who survive, standard treatments have long-term impacts on their development and quality of life, particularly in small children and infants.",
            "content": "Brain cancer is the second-leading cause of death in children in the developed world. For the children who survive, standard treatments have long-term impacts on their development and quality of life, particularly in small children and infants.\nResea... [5201 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250204/Breakthrough-drug-improves-treatment-of-medulloblastoma-in-mice.aspx",
            "image": "https://d2jx2rerrg6sh3.cloudfront.net/image-handler/picture/2018/7/Brain_cancer%2c_3D_illustration_showing_presence_of_tumor_inside_brain_-_Kateryna_Kon_M1_6704c47fefe0477dbe1cd3351402914f-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-02-04T18:21:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "News-Medical.Net",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Childhood neglect linked to slower working memory development, study finds",
            "description": "Childhood neglect, but not abuse, is linked to slower working memory development from adolescence into young adulthood. While executive functions improve generally, those neglected show a more gradual increase in working memory. This study highlights the unique impact of neglect on cognitive development.",
            "content": "New research published in Development and Psychopathology suggests that childhood neglect is associated with slower development of working memory abilities throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. While executive function abilities generally ... [5993 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.psypost.org/childhood-neglect-linked-to-slower-working-memory-development-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://www.psypost.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sad-lonely-girl.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-02-04T17:05:13Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "PsyPost",
                "url": "https://www.psypost.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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