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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": 285376,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "25d4e6958ee39232354ca845cb6f8666",
            "title": "'I share my story to normalise living with cancer'",
            "description": "Maria Elliott was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2022, but currently lives disease-free.",
            "content": "A woman with terminal lung cancer said screening could help beat the misconception the disease only affects \"heavy smokers and older men\", after meeting people \"from all walks of life\" through support groups.\nMaria Elliott, 58, from Leeds, has a stag... [4042 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/share-story-normalise-living-cancer-054156691.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/64f68d93b7ec1b82597074ef63dcf9ba",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T05:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f9f3fb98a29c4b9789385614075661e7",
            "title": "GLP-1 weight-loss drugs can do more than shed pounds - here are some of the surprising health benefits",
            "description": "One in eight Americans is now taking GLP-1 shots",
            "content": "GLP-1-class weight-loss drugs can help users shed dozens of pounds, leading to a more active, energized life.\nOne in eight Americans now say they are taking the shots, which first became popularized in the U.S. in the early 2020s.\nSince then, researc... [4423 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-170815053.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/the_independent_577/4215a0eb3ce5416ec9abc8fd84e93123",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T05:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0074eb8746f9472524a49921936d3eec",
            "title": "Villepinte. Un atelier pour lutter contre l’addiction au sucre",
            "description": "Ce samedi 21 mars, l’atelier autour des plantes organisé par les Jardins du Fresquel a abordé le sujet du sucre. À travers des activités ludiques et participatives, les...",
            "content": "Ce samedi 21 mars, l’atelier autour des plantes organisé par les Jardins du Fresquel a abordé le sujet du sucre. À travers des activités ludiques et participatives, les adhérents ont découvert les mécanismes d’addiction au sucre et des solutions natu... [466 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ladepeche.fr/2026/03/29/un-atelier-pour-lutter-contre-laddiction-au-sucre-13298544.php",
            "image": "https://images.ladepeche.fr/api/v1/images/view/69c89c023cb601e22603b663/hd/image.jpg?v=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T03:14:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "7670a57160a612236fa405691f78799e",
                "name": "ladepeche.fr",
                "url": "https://www.ladepeche.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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