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": 291160,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "76b544e22ecda80bbe4101bf83016844",
            "title": "FDA withdraws publication of COVID, shingles vaccine research findings",
            "description": "The Food and Drug Administration withdrew the publication of studies that tracked the safety of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, an official told ABC News.",
            "content": "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew the publication of studies that tracked the safety of the COVID-19 and shingles vaccines.\n\"The studies were withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying... [2788 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/fda-blocked-publication-covid-shingles-vaccine-research-findings/story?id=132687938",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/8d1cb080-035f-4430-aa01-b2be1657e75b/covid-vaccine-gty-gmh-250307_1741368928794_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T23:08:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0879ec587770e1b177cc347c76b04a5c",
            "title": "Human-to-human transmission of killer hantavirus suspected in cruise ship outbreak",
            "description": "After a spate of deaths and illnesses stemming from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, health officials now suspect human-to-human transmission may have played a role in the spread of this potentially deadly infection. So what's the risk to broader public health?",
            "content": "After a spate of deaths and illnesses stemming from a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, health officials now suspect human-to-human transmission may have played a role in the spread of this potentially deadly infection.\nInvestigators are also rac... [7998 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-human-transmission-9.7188555",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/72436b97-f080-40e5-b9b8-5f25092f9d8f,1778015157977/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T20:47:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c59c1bbfd6e756d4c3a15dd8f4bd550f",
            "title": "FDA withdrew studies finding Covid, shingles vaccines were safe",
            "description": "The studies were \"withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data,\" the spokesperson told CNBC.",
            "content": "The FDA blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of vaccines against Covid and shingles in recent months, a Health and Human Services Department spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.\nIt's the latest effort by the Trump administra... [1343 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/fda-studies-covid-shingles-vaccines-safe.html",
            "image": "https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/108225405-17630411502025-11-13t081514z_63848571_rc28heain8ko_rtrmadp_0_biocon-usa.jpeg?v=1763041165&w=1920&h=1080",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T20:45:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "32c2ad3fb41cb87b5b847d750028dff0",
                "name": "CNBC",
                "url": "https://www.cnbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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