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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": 226524,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f33ef34ca2c27cd8734c481131a06674",
            "title": "plus 170 personnes ont participé à un dépistage à Fleyriat",
            "description": "À l’occasion de la Semaine nationale du rein, l’association France rein Ain, présidée par Georges Parry, organisait mardi 10 mars dans le hall ...",
            "content": "Le Progrès, en tant que responsable de traitement, recueille dans ce formulaire des informations qui sont enregistrées dans un fichier informatisé par son Service Relations Clients, la finalité étant d’assurer la création et la gestion de votre compt... [752 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.leprogres.fr/sante/2026/03/11/semaine-nationale-du-rein-plus-170-personnes-ont-participe-a-un-depistage-a-fleyriat",
            "image": "https://cdn-s-www.leprogres.fr/images/B6269EFD-124E-40ED-83A7-D22B3559D284/FB1200/photo-1773264904.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T21:36:27Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "092175adf8b6fca5e0e0e96396e03ce6",
                "name": "Le Progrès",
                "url": "https://www.leprogres.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b8d3e59935d7ee39fa5d615f6083641",
            "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. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies are like a cognitive…",
            "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 ... [4570 chars]",
            "url": "https://japantoday.com/category/features/health/challenging-your-brain-helps-keep-it-healthy.-here's-how-to-do-it",
            "image": "https://media.japantoday.com/img/store/fd/23/18c872848d0977d0d60fce6cdf6e13f8203c/download/_w1700.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T21:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b6e16e937954be66de0f0475c3640971",
                "name": "Japan Today",
                "url": "https://japantoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8ebf95b588a3defed4098244b957a78b",
            "title": "Toronto just confirmed first cases of mpox clade Ib, here’s what you need to know about the disease",
            "description": "Toronto Public Health is encouraging residents to get vaccinated after cases of mpox clade Ib were confirmed in Toronto and Ontario.",
            "content": "Toronto Public Health (TPH) is encouraging residents to get vaccinated after two cases of mpox clade Ib were confirmed for the first time in Toronto and Ontario.\nMpox (previously known as monkeypox) is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, whic... [3193 chars]",
            "url": "https://nowtoronto.com/news/toronto-just-confirmed-first-cases-of-mpox-clade-ib-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-disease/",
            "image": "https://nowtoronto.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mpox.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T20:54:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "03976937bb221f0c5c907e80ef5d6c27",
                "name": "NOW Toronto",
                "url": "https://nowtoronto.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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