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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": 234014,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c7337df7a3f75524f1f42d0fec031282",
            "title": "UVic study finds stronger alcohol policies could reduce cancer deaths",
            "description": "Study suggests warning labels and minimum pricing could prevent cancer cases in Canada",
            "content": "Wine, whiskey, beer, rum, gin or cider, Canadians love their spirits. But a recent study finds that this obsession could be deadly, and strong policies around alcohol consumption could save lives.\nAlthough Canada has a high survival rate from cancer,... [3392 chars]",
            "url": "https://ladysmithchronicle.com/2026/03/09/uvic-study-finds-stronger-alcohol-policies-could-reduce-cancer-deaths/",
            "image": "https://ladysmithchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2026/03/41772948_web1_260304-SNE-Uvic-Alcohol-Policy_1.jpg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T22:56:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "605a31a3cea2225b4d57e398729b98b3",
                "name": "Ladysmith Chronicle",
                "url": "https://ladysmithchronicle.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4414516dbc302c446836b9a89babda68",
            "title": "Sync to the beat and stutter less",
            "description": "A fun rhythm-training game played to music on a cell phone shows promise for reducing stuttering in children, according to a new UdeM study.",
            "content": "Stuttering is more than just struggling to “get the words out.” It’s a developmental disorder affecting speech fluency caused by a deficit in speech motor control synchronization.\nThe condition typically emerges between the ages of two and five, and ... [3552 chars]",
            "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2026/03/09/sync-to-the-beat-and-stutter-less",
            "image": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/public/nouvelles/_processed_/0/1/csm_20260225_entrainement-begaiement-couv_e449fdebe3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T22:15:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "777cb3f92d798a8666b43224ef6b9b5d",
                "name": "Université de Montréal",
                "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e1e4ade7c57b1489bc5b3db50c3cd36d",
            "title": "Connaissez-vous la misophonie?",
            "description": "Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le café show : Connaissez-vous la misophonie?",
            "content": "Peut-être faites-vous partie de ces personnes qui vont entendre ces moindres bruits. Bruits de quelqu’un qui croque une pomme, qui mastique, qui avale un aliment, qui renifle, qui respire très fort. Tous ces bruits qui sont autour de nous, qui ne dér... [303 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-cafe-show/segments/rattrapage/2318296/misophonie-c-est-quoi",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/v1/ici-premiere/16x9/ohdio-cafe-show-misophonie.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T22:10:22Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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