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": 272884,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a5dd20b1008b83899e7013a62eb5ccd2",
            "title": "Hantavirus case confirmed on Vancouver Island by national lab test",
            "description": "The positive case, the first in a Canadian, has been confirmed in a Yukon resident who has been isolating on Vancouver Island.",
            "content": "Laboratory testing has confirmed the presumptive positive case of the Andes strain of hantavirus reported on Vancouver Island.\nThe Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the results Sunday in a resident of the Yukon who had been on the MV Hondius c... [3388 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/hantavirus-case-confirmed-on-vancouver-island-by-national-lab-test-12294655",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2026/05/35983c6255b88064ad566ce397aef5c77f9c752fcc93c8449c917f65b94a1132.jpg;w=1200;h=800;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T04:02:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6760fb589155c6fa875284f1e8a46c61",
                "name": "Times Colonist",
                "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f258e113a05d84a6afc8191b8213faf",
            "title": "Deadly Ebola Outbreak Declared Global Emergency as Cases Spread in Africa",
            "description": "The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine.",
            "content": "The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine.\nFears of further spread grew wh... [4242 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/deadly-ebola-outbreak-declared-global-emergency-as-cases-spread-in-africa",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/05/EbolaVirusIllustration.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T02:22:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "195b4ebd9b5c51fbd53f8782ab9d3a09",
            "title": "Lab tests confirm first case of hantavirus in Canada",
            "description": "Canada has its first confirmed case of hantavirus. The Public Health Agency of Canada says one of the four Canadians isolating in British Columbia who had been on a cruise ship where there was an outbreak has tested positive for the virus. The national microbiology lab in Winnipeg confirmed the positive results on May 16 […]",
            "content": "Canada has its first confirmed case of hantavirus.\nThe Public Health Agency of Canada says one of the four Canadians isolating in British Columbia who had been on a cruise ship where there was an outbreak has tested positive for the virus.\nThe nation... [1654 chars]",
            "url": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/05/17/lab-tests-confirm-first-case-of-hantavirus-in-canada/",
            "image": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2026/05/ecec16eaa7554c6b61a23b5c66c27b7cc896654b0c66b5b77a0af554d0498fdb.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T01:10:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "366e9317f808a4c3e5ebe9a87922f4f1",
                "name": "CityNews Kitchener",
                "url": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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