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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": 224860,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8b5a248ddcd852dd58b5e1fc5476f8dc",
            "title": "Parlons Santé",
            "description": "Et si vous preniez 5 minutes pour votre santé chaque semaine ?",
            "content": "PARLONS SANTÉ : Le rendez-vous radio qui donne les clés pour mieux vivre\nChaque samedi à 11h30, St-Pierre & Miquelon La 1ère diffuse Parlons Santé, une chronique radio consacrée à la santé et au bien-être.\nAnimée par Célia Detcheverry Lebrun, diététi... [1314 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/parlons-sante",
            "image": "https://www.francetvpro.fr/sites/default/files/styles/crop_format_linkedin/public/telechargements/images/visuel%202026%20-%20parlons%20sant%C3%A9%20-%20cp_0.png.webp?itok=H_64Cgb8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T18:19:39Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "144db7c5f68529d13a982d12016b785a",
                "name": "FranceTvPro.fr",
                "url": "https://www.francetvpro.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bd449a314e9055089d15dac92e8e6a45",
            "title": "Obesity may play a key role in dementia risk",
            "description": "Chronic body inflammation linked to obesity may quietly increase memory problems and dementia as people grow older.",
            "content": "Can habits related to food, weight, and daily health quietly shape how the brain works years later?\nScientists now believe that changes happening throughout the body may slowly influence memory and thinking as people grow older.\nA recent Canadian stu... [6100 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/obesity-may-play-a-key-role-in-dementia-risk/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/02/11092101/Obesity-dementia.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T17:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "816c8df5b0cac1557aade3614de30f16",
            "title": "La rougeole en forte baisse en Europe et en Asie centrale",
            "description": "Les cas de rougeole en Europe et en Asie centrale ont diminué de 75 % en 2025 par rapport à l’année précédente, selon les données préliminaires d’une cinquantaine de pays, ont indiqué mercredi des agences des Nations Unies, relevant toutefois que ces progrès sont fragiles, le virus continuant de se propager. |",
            "content": "Les pays d’Europe et d’Asie centrale ont signalé 33.998 cas de rougeole en 2025, contre 127.412 cas recensés en 2024.\nSelon l’Organisation mondiale de la santé et le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF), cette tendance générale à la baisse... [3575 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.un.org/fr/story/2026/02/1158383",
            "image": "https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/05-12-2019_UNICEF-302002_Ukraine_vaccine.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T15:56:37Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "81925310763e66b0ad732998459fe288",
                "name": "UN News",
                "url": "https://news.un.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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