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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": 249658,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e0f694f3877544390cdd5306611b8959",
            "title": "Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here's how to do it",
            "description": "“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.",
            "content": "“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.\nDo a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that ... [4558 chars]",
            "url": "https://barrie360.com/challenging-brain-exercises-dementia-tips/",
            "image": "https://barrie360.com/cobPub/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-2026-03-12T104721.476.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T20:53:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b593ec0037fc3b5688e1fbe577456f8f",
                "name": "Barrie 360",
                "url": "https://barrie360.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "be12b6fa1f812ef90da14c261af0264b",
            "title": "Province reports baby died of influenza in Alberta",
            "description": "An Alberta infant has died of the flu, the first death of someone under under the age of 20 so far this flu season.",
            "content": "An Alberta infant has died of the flu, the first death of someone under the age of 20 so far this flu season.\nThe province says the child was under a year old, but can not confirm the exact age, gender, or where they lived, due to privacy reasons.\nTh... [984 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/infant-influenza-alberta-9.7129043",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/83f10456-c40a-4958-9117-3a9f9f597be5,1773512621445/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C281%2C3000%2C1687%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T18:46:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b722e0f49d4a19b42458dcbcbadd8940",
            "title": "Pour quel sexe le veuvage a-t-il le plus d'impact sur la santé ?",
            "description": "Les hommes veufs présentent une détérioration physique et surtout cognitive plus importante que les femmes après la mort de leur partenaire.",
            "content": "Perdre son conjoint est une épreuve terriblement difficile et douloureuse. Toutefois, le deuil conjugal n’impacte pas du tout de la même façon les deux sexes. La gent masculine présente un risque accru de démence et de mortalité… alors que le bonheur... [3193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pourquoidocteur.fr/Articles/Question-d-actu/54291-Pour-sexe-veuvage-a-t-il-le-d-impact-sante",
            "image": "https://www.pourquoidocteur.fr/media/article/istock-1132312676-1773417781.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T18:25:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "fad2b3a2a712b01baad87009bb046440",
                "name": "Pourquoi Docteur",
                "url": "https://www.pourquoidocteur.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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