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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": 220370,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ddc17cf39d74f133edf02ab0efd48b4",
            "title": "What is Nipah virus? What to know about the disease as India faces outbreak",
            "description": "Nipah virus has a death rate ranging from 45 to 75 per cent, and there is no vaccine or medical treatment available for animals or humans.",
            "content": "An outbreak of the Nipah virus in the Indian state of West Bengal is raising concern in parts of Asia, leading some airports to implement precautionary health screenings.\nSo far, five confirmed infections, including among doctors and nurses, have led... [3331 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11639735/what-is-nipah-virus-disease-outbreak/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1328468075-e1660150517519.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T20:29:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d06d7612d3120637336699f39580206",
            "title": "AI algorithm from the Heart Institute interprets ECGs better than a human",
            "description": "An artificial intelligence algorithm developed by a team at the Montreal Heart Institute is as good as, or even better than, humans when it comes to interpreting electrocardiograms. The tool is even able to detect disorders invisible to the human eye and whose first symptoms might not emerge until months later, said one of the […]",
            "content": "An artificial intelligence algorithm developed by a team at the Montreal Heart Institute is as good as, or even better than, humans when it comes to interpreting electrocardiograms.\nThe tool is even able to detect disorders invisible to the human eye... [3869 chars]",
            "url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/27/ai-algorithm-heart-institute-interprets-ecgs/",
            "image": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/19/2026/01/electrocardiograms-machine-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T20:14:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "195fa0cb5fce8f9cfcd06cf293a4c16a",
                "name": "montreal.citynews.ca",
                "url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "515f8e6c000613008e43e906adf76df2",
            "title": "Urgence | Derrière les portes du triage",
            "description": "Qu'est-ce qui détermine réellement le classement des patients dans la salle d'attente de l'urgence ? Une infirmière de l'HPLG l'explique.",
            "content": "Chaque hiver, la recrudescence des virus respiratoires et gastro-intestinaux exerce une pression supplémentaire sur les urgences lanaudoises. Alors que les salles d’attente se remplissent et que le délai de prise en charge s’allonge, les équipes en p... [6246 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.hebdorivenord.com/article/actualites/urgence-derriere-les-portes-du-triage/",
            "image": "https://s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/medialo/wp-media-folder-hebdo-rive-nord/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/photo-Vero-au-triage-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T20:01:26Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "477b02554f039831c53662853001c0b2",
                "name": "Hebdo Rive Nord",
                "url": "https://www.hebdorivenord.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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