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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": 231050,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "18567a784924d59030bca7327fb732df",
            "title": "Adieu les fringales, cet en-cas sain et délicieux élimine les envies de sucre entre les repas selon une étude",
            "description": "Voici une bonne nouvelle pour tous ceux qui ont tendance à avoir des fringales intempestives. Des chercheurs auraient trouvé un en-cas pour s’en débarrasser.",
            "content": "Après les repas, il n’est pas rare qu’une envie de sucre se fasse sentir. Et là, c’est un véritable challenge de lutter et de ne pas céder à la tentation. Mais ces fringales pourraient rapidement devenir un lointain souvenir. En effet, selon une étud... [2760 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.grazia.fr/beaute/forme-minceur/adieu-les-fringales-cet-en-cas-sain-et-delicieux-elimine-les-envies-de-sucre-entre-les-repas-selon-une-etude-1224339.html",
            "image": "https://www.grazia.fr/wp-content/uploads/grazia/2026/02/untitled-design1-6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T21:02:06Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f1ac84528d0904029837be514e08aa7e",
                "name": "grazia.fr",
                "url": "https://www.grazia.fr"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "085749dd9b549e90583b8fe8bb02b5f4",
            "title": "Manitoba has already seen more measles cases in February than any other months since outbreak began",
            "description": "Manitoba recorded in 82 confirmed and eight probable cases of measles in the first few weeks of February, after the province's chief doctor said dozens of cases were traced back to Brandon's Ag Days.",
            "content": "With only half the data in for February, Manitoba has already recorded its highest number of measles cases in a single month since the outbreak began over a year ago.\nAs of Feb. 14, there have been 82 confirmed and eight probable cases of measles thi... [2178 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-february-highest-case-count-9.7099759",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/ea459617-2d30-44e4-be33-52234abafcab,1771021868110/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C52%2C1000%2C562%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T20:57:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c2cd04698694ee1d3c602bbb31a846c",
            "title": "BCCDC reports 10 cases of measles in new report on Feb 19th",
            "description": "On February 19th, the BC Centre for Disease Control reported 10 cases of measles for the week, with nine coming from the Northern Health region.",
            "content": "FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has reported 10 more cases of measles across the province this week, nine in northern B.C.\nAccording to the BCCDC’s February 19th case count, Fraser Health reported one confirmed case, w... [1948 chars]",
            "url": "https://energeticcity.ca/2026/02/20/nine-more-measles-cases-reported-by-northern-health-in-latest-report/",
            "image": "https://dqa39nkfbkgfv.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/03060840/Graphic-of-measles-virus-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T19:55:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "910cb3c0c675fbf36c2db9ebe3ce9a5d",
                "name": "Energeticcity",
                "url": "https://energeticcity.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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