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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": 224874,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7883ea4c7582eea6cafe0b1aa19d4ce1",
            "title": "Why an ADHD diagnosis had this author rethinking everything",
            "description": "Carla Ciccone was 39 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. That diagnosis changed everything for her ... and she shares her experience in her new memoir, Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD’s Lost Generation. Over the past few years, the rates of adult women receiving ADHD diagnoses have risen dramatically. So why were these women overlooked for so long? And where do they go from here? This week, Carla tells Mattea about struggling with undiagnosed ADHD, understanding her childhood through a new lens and finding humour in the frustration of it all.\nLiked this conversation? Keep listening:Weightlifting made Casey Johnston stronger — in muscle and mind [https://link.mgln.ai/Mk2hDy ] Kate Gies: Reclaiming her body after years of medical trauma [https://link.mgln.ai/7wH1hp ]",
            "content": "Radio\nDuration 31:23\nCarla Ciccone was 39 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. That diagnosis changed everything for her ... and she shares her experience in her new memoir, Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD’s Lost Generation. Over the pa... [561 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.7071383",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/90ac602e-6860-4715-b19c-4c01fbc21a2c,1725634285313/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1919%2C1079%29%3B",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T05:24:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "13655c8b5e07cfff7b894cbceabdabde",
            "title": "Contre le cholestérol, la piste génétique peut sauver des vies",
            "description": "Des professionnels de santé ont créé Dechol Paca, un réseau de dépistage pilote de l'hypercholestérolémie génétique dans la région Paca.",
            "content": "Une personne sur 250 dans le monde, soit plus de 270 000 en France, souffre d’un excès de cholestérol lié à un facteur génétique. Un caractère héréditaire ignoré par beaucoup, même par le corps médical, alors qu’il augmente le risque de développer pr... [1359 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.marcelle.media/dechol-paca-depistage-cholesterol-genetique/",
            "image": "https://www.marcelle.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/depistage-hypercholesterolemie-paca-france.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T05:04:11Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "60424b02b4fda5b8914f7fcfcf601f9d",
                "name": "marcelle.media",
                "url": "https://www.marcelle.media"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "64b3672a2e7b859eb3de2adf85b0da06",
            "title": "University of British Columbia",
            "description": "A prevention strategy developed by B.C. researchers reduces the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer by nearly 80 per cent, according to a new UBC study published on February 2 . . .",
            "content": "A prevention strategy developed by B.C. researchers reduces the risk of the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer by nearly 80 per cent, according to a new UBC study published on February 2 in JAMA Network Open.\nThe strategy, known as opportu... [644 chars]",
            "url": "https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1182797/canadian-surgical-innovation-cuts-ovarian-cancer-risk-by-nearly-80-per-cent.html",
            "image": "https://educationnewscanada.com/images_logo/banniere_24154.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T05:02:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0318f209f32e19de673b9d1d31904a03",
                "name": "Education News Canada",
                "url": "https://educationnewscanada.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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