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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": 303760,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d08c11a67f88ce4e5c9503aca9fc886b",
            "title": "IH reports outbreak of RSV at New Denver’s The Pavilion",
            "description": "Interior Health is reporting an outbreak of RSV at the New Denver long-term care facility.",
            "content": "LT care facility RSV outbreak\nInterior Health is reporting an outbreak of RSV at the New Denver long-term care facility.\nIH posted notice of the respiratory infection outbreak on their website on Friday, April 3. The outbreak at The Pavilion — a long... [680 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.castanet.net/news/Castlegar/608057/IH-reports-outbreak-of-RSV-at-New-Denver-s-The-Pavilion",
            "image": "https://www.castanet.net/content/2026/4/large/screenshot_2026-04-10_at_12.23.15am_p4274123.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T23:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "628ae4115a279de4cd0f849291206a3c",
                "name": "Castanet",
                "url": "https://www.castanet.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "05f3e04ef9d58f5aad296eab48d4c8c7",
            "title": "Health unit warns of measles exposure on flights",
            "description": "The Northwestern Health Unit says a person initially on a flight out of Winnipeg on March 28 had the contagious disease.",
            "content": "KENORA — Public health officials in the western part of the region are alerting people that someone who flew out of Winnipeg in late March had measles.\nThe Northwestern Health Unit issued the warning on April 10 because “many people in Northwestern O... [1362 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nwonewswatch.com/local-news/health-unit-warns-of-measles-exposure-on-flights-12127216",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/tbnewswatch/images/local-news/2025/may/measles.jpg;w=1200;h=800;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T23:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f338d132627b2570dc2319d075b509d4",
                "name": "Northwest Ontario News",
                "url": "https://www.nwonewswatch.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "434474274e30364bd8128628326af7b8",
            "title": "L'internet vous a convaincu que votre système nerveux était dérégulé? Peut-être, mais attention à ce que vous lisez",
            "description": "Dans la dernière année, on a vu apparaître une masse de contenus en ligne sur la régulation du système nerveux. Ils ont plusieurs angles morts.",
            "content": "Dans la dernière année, on a vu apparaître en ligne une masse de contenus traitant de la régulation du système nerveux. Si ces publications semblent bien intentionnées, elles comprennent des angles morts importants.\n• À lire aussi : Tout expliquer pa... [14430 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.clindoeil.ca/peut-on-hacker-son-systeme-nerveux-regulation-deregulation",
            "image": "https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/puncharat_navamongkolchaikij_aZSD8fmG07I_unsplash18f296f2-bfda-44f3-972a-c455e6dd7b0d_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=595&w=2075&h=1168&width=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T22:55:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "3f6fa6e1cd8bb664086d8eba90c73af0",
                "name": "Clin d'œil",
                "url": "https://www.clindoeil.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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