Flag of Canada

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": 220520,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "820ced4edcfa606dcb373ff470d42266",
            "title": "Long Covid and ME patients 'hopeful' about Rosetta Stone study",
            "description": "The £1.1m Rosetta Stone study hopes to make a breakthrough by comparing both conditions.",
            "content": "Harbinder remembers when her children were \"on track to have a bright future\".\nNow all three have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).\nHer son Talvin was also diagnosed with Long Covid afte... [4938 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8pnggl7zgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/49b6/live/584058a0-f531-11f0-8974-95d5589983b7.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T01:42:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18806f280734e6d1bf55e167a5c93c45",
            "title": "Woman Urged Her Husband To Get A Health Check From The Doctor, But He Refused And Threatened To Stop Caring For Her If She Fell Ill",
            "description": "Health is wealth. Plain and simple.",
            "content": "Health is always a serious matter, especially for adults.\nIn this story, a woman told her husband to get a health check after seeing friends suffer major health issues.\nBut he refused and dismissed her concerns.\nNow, their marriage and parenting resp... [2053 chars]",
            "url": "https://twistedsifter.com/2026/02/woman-urged-her-husband-to-get-a-health-check-from-the-doctor-but-he-refused-and-threatened-to-stop-caring-for-her-if-she-fell-ill/",
            "image": "https://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Twisted-Sifter-2352.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-01T22:52:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef607012c3a99a15797372646126d053",
                "name": "TwistedSifter",
                "url": "https://twistedsifter.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d4086616d319e0d867ea3b54f11bddb",
            "title": "La rougeole continue de se propager dans la province",
            "description": "La Colombie-Britannique a recensé 31 nouveaux cas de rougeole entre la fin décembre et la fin janvier, affirme le Centre de contrôle des maladies.",
            "content": "La Colombie-Britannique a recensé 31 nouveaux cas de rougeole entre la fin décembre et la fin janvier, affirme le Centre de contrôle des maladies.\nElle compte maintenant 445 cas, dont 418 confirmés en laboratoire ou en raison du degré d'exposition à ... [1223 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2224998/rougeole0nord-est-encephalite",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-premiere/16x9/rougeole-dmeo-bras-rougeurs.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-01T21:40:33Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories