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": 283750,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6c07a1bb476bcec5d7c4e4cfe5b37bb3",
            "title": "More cases of salmonella infection confirmed in outbreak tied to Hamilton restaurant",
            "description": "HAMILTON - More cases of salmonella infection have been confirmed as public health officials continue to investigate an outbreak of the food-borne illness linked to a Hamilton restaurant.",
            "content": "Home\nBusiness\nMore cases of salmonella infection confirmed in outbreak tied to Hamilton restaurant\nHAMILTON - More cases of salmonella infection have been confirmed as public health officials continue to investigate an outbreak of the food-borne illn... [3099 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thespec.com/business/more-cases-of-salmonella-infection-confirmed-in-outbreak-tied-to-hamilton-restaurant/article_c5d3e209-cfc0-5efb-9385-05d77dfff0b1.html",
            "image": "https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thespec.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/22/0220fe1c-d206-57c2-b057-5e295a208dd4/69de92565068f.image.jpg?crop=1553%2C815%2C0%2C132&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T21:35:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d200f872a962c9b68113fafd7050a72",
                "name": "The Spec",
                "url": "https://www.thespec.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1e824b15f323d9b9f4e451d11b515be7",
            "title": "Manitoba reports 45 new measles cases, continues to make up most of Canada's infections",
            "description": "Manitoba has again recorded dozens of new measles cases since its last weekly update, as it holds on to its place as Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.",
            "content": "Manitoba has again recorded dozens of new measles cases since its last weekly update, as it holds on to its place as Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.\nThe province reported 45 more confirmed measles cases and five more probable cas... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/manitoba-reports-45-measles-cases-211907662.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/9k4dCHjuldBsJ4pN1itq8w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03OTU7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/cbc.ca/b74d033d539d61c8dd13b7f839544dcb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T21:19:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3cc46e7c26aec2b4944102217c39f0bc",
            "title": "Manitoba reports 45 new measles cases, continues to make up most of Canada's infections",
            "description": "Manitoba has again recorded dozens of new measles cases since its last weekly update, as it holds on to its place as Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.",
            "content": "Manitoba has again recorded dozens of new measles cases since its last weekly update, as it holds on to its place as Canada's hot spot for the highly contagious disease.\nThe province reported 45 more confirmed measles cases and five more probable cas... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/new-measles-cases-april-2026-9.7168684",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7538025,1747494921000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C150%2C3100%2C1743%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T21:19:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7d7229901ac20b4cbf21fec6c4eaa2ce",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "http://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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