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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": 218500,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "846df3f6e600dd5ccbf2496a1397169c",
            "title": "Nigeria: How early malaria diagnosis and care make the difference between life and death",
            "description": "During Gummi’s rainy season, timely access to MSF’s free care prevents life-threatening malaria in children.",
            "content": "During the rainy season, malaria risk rises in Gummi, making timely access to care critical.\nThe wards of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported hospital in Gummi, Nigeria, are rarely quiet during the rainy season. Mothe... [4299 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/nigeria-how-early-malaria-diagnosis-and-care-make-the-difference-between-life-and-death/",
            "image": "https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MSB257754High-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T17:06:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1c4d8812b98a97df55dd6b8715395ba0",
                "name": "doctorswithoutborders.ca",
                "url": "https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3dca90caf4444e1a1c583b4f67f6884f",
            "title": "Upcoming Public Health Mobile Unit immunization and testing clinics",
            "description": "The Public Health Mobile Unit (PHMU) supports access to immunization and testing in Nova Scotia. To help ensure local access to these important services, PHMU will be holding clinics in communities across the province over the next week.",
            "content": "The Public Health Mobile Unit (PHMU) supports access to immunization and testing in Nova Scotia. To help ensure local access to these important services, PHMU will be holding clinics in communities across the province over the next week. All upcoming... [1399 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/upcoming-public-health-mobile-unit-immunization-and-testing-clinics-47",
            "image": "https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/default/files/favicon.ico",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T16:56:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a7b3f4924d0cee6be449addca71f3917",
                "name": "Nova Scotia Health",
                "url": "https://www.nshealth.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9600a8265a8edb7034d686586d68cb43",
            "title": "Accident du travail : un homme de 50 ans meurt d'un arrêt cardiaque sur un chantier à Ménerbes",
            "description": "Accident du travail : un homme de 50 ans meurt d'un arrêt cardiaque sur un chantier à Ménerbes",
            "content": "Dans la matinée de vendredi 16 janvier, un homme de 50 ans est décédé d'un arrêt cardiaque sur un chantier de rénovation dans une maison, chemin du Vallon à Ménerbes (Vaucluse).\nMalgré la longue tentative des secours, la victime n'a pas pu être réani... [292 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/3627761237705/accident-du-travail-un-homme-de-50-ans-meurt-dun-arret-cardiaque-sur-un-chantier-a-menerbes",
            "image": "https://pictures.laprovence.com/cdn-cgi/image//media/melody/2026/01/16/avignon-tournee-des-gardes-des-services-publics-du-31-decembre-par-le-prefet-thierry-suquet-ici-le-c-1768582376_46e75ebc555968ae75ebc55599ee75v_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T16:52:57Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c2faa1179224a16a70b2a2a68cec2065",
                "name": "La Provence",
                "url": "https://www.laprovence.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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