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": 284784,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cc2fc9e89d401f26c1386b3de30fc112",
            "title": "AI is helping identify heart health risks for people with breast cancer",
            "description": "UBC and BC Cancer researchers test accuracy of new AI model that predicts risk of cardiovascular disease in people undergoing treatment.",
            "content": "UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers, working with scientists at UBC Okanaganand BC Cancer — Kelowna, have developed a groundbreaking AI model that can help identify breast cancer patients who may face a double-threat—that of cancer and cardiovascular... [3458 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ai-is-helping-identify-heart-health-risks-for-people-with-breast-cancer/",
            "image": "https://www.med.ubc.ca/files/2026/05/AI-Breast-Cancer_1200x627.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T14:00:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4918774e89b6b8e54231c1460944e566",
                "name": "UBC Faculty of Medicine",
                "url": "https://www.med.ubc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e0b5c3156e9a470fd90bf7025c63c208",
            "title": "How Ebola kills -- and what it takes to stop it",
            "description": "It's a virus that can strike with unrelenting force. The kind of care need to knock it out is often not fully available in a lower resource country like the Democratic Republic of Congo.",
            "content": "Ebola is a wily pathogen.\nAfter jumping to a new person through the bridge of bodily fluids, it goes straight for key immune cells. In typical infections, these immune cells help mount a targeted response to the virus with the goal of clearing it out... [5871 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.btpm.org/2026-06-02/how-ebola-kills-and-what-it-takes-to-stop-it",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/969f08a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6981x3665+0+131/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F6981x3927%200%200%2Fresize%2F6981x3927%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe6%2F36%2F82b2b4a6449bb2f54a1ee452e53e%2Febola-drc-2277592012.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T12:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "040b0fbf17bada1c047fb3a98ae75155",
                "name": "Buffalo Toronto Public Media",
                "url": "https://www.btpm.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f30a82e2aca03b2b6ad3ebd6dd0342c",
            "title": "Canadian Ophthalmological Society encourages Canadians to recognize the signs of cataracts during Cataract Awareness Month",
            "description": "/CNW/ - June is Cataract Awareness Month, and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) is encouraging Canadians to prioritize their eye health by...",
            "content": "A condition affecting more than 2.5 million Canadians\nOTTAWA, ON, June 2, 2026 /CNW/ - June is Cataract Awareness Month, and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) is encouraging Canadians to prioritize their eye health by recognizing changes in... [2690 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadian-ophthalmological-society-encourages-canadians-to-recognize-the-signs-of-cataracts-during-cataract-awareness-month-897934772.html",
            "image": "https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2992564/The_Canadian_Ophthalmological_Society__COS__Canadian_Ophthalmolo.jpg?p=facebook",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cf555e7a9ba184ade8de566542781f7e",
                "name": "Newswire Canada",
                "url": "https://www.newswire.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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