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": 285526,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "29aa92414417ffed4dd8360058875ceb",
            "title": "'I've never been this good' - revolutionary immune reset puts lupus in remission",
            "description": "Patients on the trial have not needed medication to manage their condition.",
            "content": "An experimental treatment that resets a malfunctioning immune system has put the disease lupus into remission in early UK trials.\nExperts say the approach could potentially treat similar disorders including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis... [4369 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy2d9y5z3o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b06d/live/120b1c40-65b5-11f1-9fd1-0b44a7e33c3f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T23:31:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "72a6c5d0409f2805b08be7cb7d70d0f4",
            "title": "Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people",
            "description": "The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.",
            "content": "A million young people in England, Wales and Scotland will be offered a vaccine to help protect against meningitis B.\nThe one-off programme has been launched after concerns over the UK's largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Ke... [6307 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/meningitis-b-vaccine-offered-million-230225393.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/f549058a99767b9183bc4ee540d0e08761253d116a76efae039da52f5e7956ff/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fbbc_us_articles_995%2Fbc125441ceca649a88fe4873298aca49",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T23:02:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f0ae5f03a273e9db75c688f1bb93b71",
            "title": "KHSC performs first T-TEER procedure expanding advanced cardiac care in southeastern Ontario",
            "description": "(Kingston, Ontario) Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has announced the successful completion of its first Tricuspid valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (T-TEER) using the TriclipTM G5 platform.",
            "content": "Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has announced the successful completion of its first Tricuspid valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (T-TEER) using the TriclipTM G5 platform.\nAccording to a release from the health-care organization, this pro... [3726 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kingstonist.com/news/khsc-performs-first-t-teer-procedure-expanding-advanced-cardiac-care-in-southeastern-ontario/",
            "image": "http://www.kingstonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MM5_4346.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T20:41:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f594479bd258b3ede82ad262ec11970b",
                "name": "Kingstonist News",
                "url": "https://www.kingstonist.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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