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": 272076,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5f340f60f0f4662d0e5da2bf8475efe5",
            "title": "Canadian from cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus",
            "description": "The individual is one of four former passengers on the MV Hondius isolating on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.",
            "content": "A Canadian who sailed on the cruise ship MV Hondius which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April has tested positive for the disease, officials in the province of British Columbia say.\nThe individual, one of four people isolating on Vancouver Isla... [1568 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k2p057ezno",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/21ec/live/35918490-5162-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T20:36:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cd2c1a1c0ddc9db17b12f1f5837f52ae",
            "title": "Canadian in isolation tests presumptively positive for hantavirus, B.C.'s top doctor says",
            "description": "A Canadian isolating in B.C. has presumptively tested positive for hantavirus after leaving the cruise ship affected by an outbreak of the Andes strain in recent weeks, B.C.'s top doctor said Saturday.",
            "content": "One of four Canadians isolating in British Columbia after leaving the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak has presumptively tested positive, B.C.'s top doctor said Saturday.\nDr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said the patient was ... [4383 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-update-hantavirus-update-bonnie-henry-may-16-9.7202396",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/2d4d9c21-1f50-4581-8097-0206f8271d56,1778951654097/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5812%2C3269%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T19:06:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d44826b30b1e7f250a60852ab8c6d99",
            "title": "Le Congo rapporte 80 décès liés à une nouvelle épidémie d'Ebola",
            "description": "Les autorités avaient annoncé vendredi l’apparition de cette épidémie, qui comptait alors 65 décès et 246 cas suspects.",
            "content": "Au moins 80 décès ont été signalés dans le cadre de la nouvelle épidémie d’Ebola qui touche la province d’Ituri, dans l’est du Congo, ont indiqué les autorités, alors que les équipes sanitaires s’efforçaient samedi d’intensifier le dépistage et la re... [3395 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.noovo.info/nouvelles/international/article/le-congo-rapporte-80-deces-lies-a-une-nouvelle-epidemie-debola/",
            "image": "https://www.noovo.info/resizer/v2/YSKIW4A7LKOBBHAZ32YIP3DSWA.jpg?smart=true&auth=e4de244fe13ab64b7222ecd215ad6caefa7926bad8b28d04a764a2d1ad3b8227&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T18:21:10Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "bb56dfdbccb07d45008e45f60d018d1b",
                "name": "Noovo Info",
                "url": "https://www.noovo.info"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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