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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": 213054,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "48874d9d84ad3e5cf915ac3561341978",
            "title": "The Gloominess of Winter Exercise and How to Overcome it",
            "description": "For university students, winter can be as painful as studying for midterms and finals. The sudden drop in temperatures, unidentified snow storms, and lack of heating systems near bus stops is nothing short of hell. When most of their worries are overtaken by how many layers they need to wear to stay warm, it may",
            "content": "For university students, winter can be as painful as studying for midterms and finals. The sudden drop in temperatures, unidentified snow storms, and lack of heating systems near bus stops is nothing short of hell. When most of their worries are over... [2634 chars]",
            "url": "https://themedium.ca/the-gloominess-of-winter-exercise-and-how-to-overcome-it/",
            "image": "https://themedium.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COLOR_logo-2021-22.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T04:05:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa5933b77e157c41b79a2f1c07bd7392",
                "name": "themedium.ca",
                "url": "https://themedium.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c854b0d733de41b21230833ad3526473",
            "title": "Experts sound alarm over threat nearly 90% of adults will likely suffer from: 'A snapshot into our future'",
            "description": "The American Heart Association just published its first-ever chapter on a hidden health condition called CKM syndrome.",
            "content": "Close to nine in 10 American adults are living with some degree of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, a condition that quietly damages the heart, kidneys, and metabolism all at once, reported the New York Post.\nWhat's happening?\nThe American H... [2422 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ckm-syndrome-heart-kidney-metabolic-america/",
            "image": "https://www.thecooldown.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iStock-2019683991.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T00:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1ead52d96666e44f50f0649131c4e28",
                "name": "The Cool Down",
                "url": "https://www.thecooldown.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b0a1956aabaeb6be57a806bc05b177eb",
            "title": "Arkansas’ MMR vaccine rate lower than average as nation risks losing measles elimination status",
            "description": "The United States is poised to lose its measles elimination status due to last year's resurgence of the disease in 44 states, including Arkansas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
            "content": "The United States is poised to lose its measles elimination status due to last year's resurgence of the disease in 44 states, including Arkansas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nIn 2025, the CDC reported more than 2,200 c... [6207 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/2026/jan/25/arkansas-mmr-vaccine-rate-lower-than-average-as/",
            "image": "https://wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2026/01/25/AP25212658927116_t1200.jpg?57a0c2296240c280e9492005c3cad63e7cbe80f4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6203fa58927875e69cdc2855af7f52a5",
                "name": "pbcommercial.com",
                "url": "https://www.pbcommercial.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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