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": 275516,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7b80f127e6fcc86d346eab097fc511bb",
            "title": "Argentine authorities trap rats to hunt for source of deadly hantavirus outbreak",
            "description": "Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that set sail last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting the possible presence of the virus in an area previously thought unaffected.",
            "content": "Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that set sail last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting the possible... [3929 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/argentina-source-hantavirus-rat-traps-9.7205140",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/9c643523-6e54-4b5e-bb29-79fd1b468dac,1779226243918/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C119%2C2321%2C1305%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T22:29:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c04605b11dfc7b4b99af334d65ae880c",
            "title": "Dépistage de la rage chez des jeunes après qu’une chauve-souris s’infiltre dans un bus",
            "description": "Des jeunes de Drumheller dépisté contre la rage après qu'une chauve-souris se soit cachée dans un bus scolaire, le 13 mai dernier.",
            "content": "Une chauve-souris cachée dans un autobus scolaire oblige des jeunes de Drumheller à passer un test de dépistage de la rage. La chauve-souris se serait cachée dans un coin du véhicule le 13 mai dernier.\nUne fois la chauve-souris sortie de sa cachette,... [1340 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2255207/depistage-rage-chauve-souris-drumheller-bus-scolaire",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/bat-rabies-chauve-souris-rage.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T21:32:31Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "936a40f0cc521b8603e614c7adfb90cd",
            "title": "Amid deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, Canada not banning travellers",
            "description": "While Canada is monitoring a severe Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, the federal health authority says it is not implementing a travel ban or actively testing travellers.",
            "content": "While Canada is monitoring a severe Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, the federal health authority says it is not implementing a travel ban or actively testing travellers.\nThe outbreak, which was first confirmed Friday, has killed at least 134 peop... [3124 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ebola-congo-uganda-outbreak-travel-9.7204935",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/175ff0d6-199c-459c-a78f-48ab18eda1d5,1779221211392/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C193%2C6411%2C3606%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T21:29:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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