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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": 213074,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "be7836085ce0a9254b5b481f0def9583",
            "title": "Les patients de quartiers défavorisés ont plus de risques de décès postchirurgie",
            "description": "Les patients des quartiers pauvres ont un risque accru de décès postchirurgie, selon une étude portant sur plus d'un million de patients ontariens.",
            "content": "Les patients issus des quartiers défavorisés ont plus de risque de mourir 30 jours après une chirurgie planifiée non urgente que ceux issus des quartiers les plus riches, indique une étude de cohorte portant sur plus d'un million de patients en Ontar... [5497 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2221645/patients-morts-chirurgie-pauvre",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/chirurgie-genou-robot-fondation.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-19T02:05:10Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4f2c94fc788460dc48920c5db05408bf",
            "title": "Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism",
            "description": "If you've been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma.",
            "content": "If you've been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache, or back pain – and then pause. Is it safe to take paracetamol?\nThat hesitation isn't surprising. In September last year, the ... [4395 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/major-review-confirms-there-is-no-link-between-acetaminophen-and-autism",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/tylenol_asd_header.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-19T01:35:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23b3f66b58c668576b06fc2b379ebd20",
            "title": "South Carolina: Measles case reported at Clemson University",
            "description": "Just days after Clemson University Student Health urged awareness to ensure measles preparedness due to the large outbreak in the Upstate region, school officials reported on a confirmed case of measles of an individual affiliated with the University.",
            "content": "Just days after Clemson University Student Health urged awareness to ensure measles preparedness due to the large outbreak in the Upstate region, school officials reported on a confirmed case of measles of an individual affiliated with the University... [920 chars]",
            "url": "https://outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/south-carolina-measles-case-reported",
            "image": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1579781403337-de692320718a?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxtZWFzbGVzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc2ODc4Mjg5OHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-19T00:33:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1e3a7a8ed1371209df6a04dee0f1869",
                "name": "Outbreak News Today",
                "url": "https://outbreaknewstoday.substack.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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