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": 272134,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a32f25885cdc3bfec52beb538dbaacc8",
            "title": "Obesity Canada calls for federal action on obesity in Budget 2026",
            "description": "We call on the federal government to recognize obesity as a chronic disease, improve surveillance, coordinate action, & invest in obesity research.",
            "content": "Obesity Canada’s federal pre-budget submission calls on Budget 2026 to recognize obesity as a chronic disease, measure it properly, coordinate action, and invest in the research needed to improve care.\nBy Ian Patton, PhD, Director of Advocacy & Publi... [6325 chars]",
            "url": "https://obesitycanada.ca/news/2026-federal-pre-budget-submission/",
            "image": "https://obesitycanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/obesitycanada-og-1200x630-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T12:35:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b28dadf686a64998208980c147a93405",
                "name": "Obesity Canada",
                "url": "https://obesitycanada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33dea7fa44e8d099ab1bff2338a7e86d",
            "title": "Ebola ‘epidemic is outpacing us,’ WHO chief says, as cases and deaths rise",
            "description": "There has been 220 suspected deaths in the current outbreak and a delay in detecting cases means responders are now ‘playing catch-up’",
            "content": "The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that there had been 220 suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak and that a delay in detecting cases meant responders were now “playing catch-up.”... [731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-ebola-outbreak-congo-uganda/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/W2NDB7PD7NE6JARDUZGDAUA4CU.jpg?auth=ae9fba4f0c83f3603b9d8042fee3a1e84c4fae78ba760acb348ea819505c5728&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T12:28:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75770076f2f32bfac7ffaa78fc53eed9",
            "title": "angoissé à l’idée de se faire opérer à l’hôpital de Châteauroux, il ne tarit pas d’éloges sur les soignants",
            "description": "Se faire soigner à l’hôpital de Châteauroux suscitait chez lui les plus vives inquiétudes. Contraint par l’urgence, un patient a finalement dû s’y rendre p...",
            "content": "AbonnésCet article est réservé aux abonnés numériques.\nSe faire soigner à l’hôpital de Châteauroux suscitait chez lui les plus vives inquiétudes. Contraint par l’urgence, un patient a finalement dû s’y rendre pour une lourde intervention. Il raconte ... [790 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/le-blanc/on-m-y-a-sauve-la-vie-angoisse-a-l-idee-de-se-faire-operer-a-l-hopital-de-chateauroux-il-ne-tarit-pas-d-eloges-sur-les-soignants-1779703341",
            "image": "https://images.lanouvellerepublique.fr/image/upload/6a141e2b60976cc95d8b45c9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T10:02:21Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "1e1c2348f466b6be2fb3f428422c9362",
                "name": "lanouvellerepublique.fr",
                "url": "https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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