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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": 282948,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bfc0bdeb6bf9c5bbc435b94031854ccd",
            "title": "Measles outbreak: Third measles case reported in Quebec",
            "description": "Public health authorities declared a measles outbreak just over a week ago.",
            "content": "Public health authorities have reported a third measles case Wednesday in Quebec, just over a week after declaring that the province had been struck with another outbreak of the highly contagious disease.\nThis latest outbreak followed a previous decl... [770 chars]",
            "url": "https://montrealgazette.com/news/measles-quebec-third-case-outbreak/",
            "image": "https://montrealgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/0305-sp-measles.sp_301807054.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T16:38:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a27b75f5edcb9a8e875f9905b0f24199",
                "name": "Montreal Gazette",
                "url": "https://montrealgazette.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "93a876152e7e9fa0106cadad9b9c9ef2",
            "title": "UHN Foundation amalgamates with West Park Foundation to maximize impact on rehabilitation care at UHN",
            "description": "Today, UHN Foundation and West Park Foundation announce their integration, following the two hospitals formal amalgamation in 2024. This amalgamation will strengthen UHN Foundation’s support for rehabilitation medicine and the impact of fundraising for West Park Healthcare Centre. It will allow their combined resources, expertise, and networks to support the unique needs of West Park Healthcare Centre as one of UHN’s sites.  “Bringing UHN Foundation and West Park Foundation together marks a significant step forward in strengthening […]",
            "content": "Today, UHN Foundation and West Park Foundation announce their integration, following the two hospitals formal amalgamation in 2024. This amalgamation will strengthen UHN Foundation’s support for rehabilitation medicine and the impact of fundraising f... [1392 chars]",
            "url": "https://uhnfoundation.ca/press/uhn-foundation-amalgamates-with-west-park-foundation-to-maximize-impact-on-rehabilitation-care-at-uhn/",
            "image": "https://uhnfoundation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WP-building.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T15:51:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d9e5d1bb2cfc7d5155ff0140ce696e5a",
                "name": "UHN Foundation",
                "url": "https://uhnfoundation.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83fab02eaebb90a72854792e83013dec",
            "title": "Dépression résistante : des parcours de soins à repenser pour le million de personnes concernées en France",
            "description": "En France, près d’un million de personnes souffrent de dépression résistante, une forme sévère et persistante d’un trouble dépressif. Parmi les pathologies psychiatriques, c’est la maladie « qui produit le plus de désespoir » chez les patients et leurs proches, a souligné Emmanuelle Rémond, présidente de l’Unafam (Union nationale des familles et amis de personnes malades et/ou handicapées psychiques), lors d’une conférence de presse.",
            "content": "En France, près d’un million de personnes souffrent de dépression résistante, une forme sévère et persistante d’un trouble dépressif. Parmi les pathologies psychiatriques, c’est la maladie « qui produit le plus de désespoir » chez les patients et leu... [3636 chars]",
            "url": "http://www.lequotidiendumedecin.fr/specialites/psychiatrie/depression-resistante-des-parcours-de-soins-repenser-pour-le-million-de-personnes-concernees-en",
            "image": "https://drupal-images-js-docs.s3.rbx.io.cloud.ovh.net/qdm/prod/s3fs-public/styles/gps_large/public/images/2026/04/b9e2201b-f192-4f57-be82-7e799b02726d.jpeg?VersionId=1775058412.997530&itok=mRfCvTJN",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T15:46:58Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "7f48d84b13c0494a07381b0fc7c4d71f",
                "name": "lequotidiendumedecin.fr",
                "url": "http://www.lequotidiendumedecin.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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