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India Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from India 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 India.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=in&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 246802,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "791d082e82fdf3db28db7d39835603ce",
            "title": "Thar desert storms ferrying bacteria and diseases to Himalayan hilltops: Study",
            "description": "The analysis identified several of the transported bacteria as species associated with respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal illnesses.",
            "content": "A pioneering study has uncovered a direct atmospheric pathway linking the arid deserts of western India to health vulnerabilities in the high-altitude communities of the Eastern Himalayas.\nPublished in the journal Science of the Total Environment, th... [2726 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.moneycontrol.com/city/thar-desert-storms-ferrying-bacteria-and-diseases-to-himalayan-hilltops-study-article-13802518.html",
            "image": "https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2026/02/20260201052223_storm.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-01T05:24:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d602a2d12746f6ca2f63931f376faf99",
                "name": "Moneycontrol",
                "url": "https://www.moneycontrol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c61098a5640e2a465f999629c085558f",
            "title": "Nipah virus: WHO says low risk of disease spreading beyond India, no travel curbs needed",
            "description": "The global health body said that the threat posed by the virus was ‘moderate’ at the sub-national level, but low at the national and international levels.",
            "content": "After two Nipah virus cases were confirmed in West Bengal, the World Health Organization on Friday said that the likelihood of the outbreak spreading to other Indian states or internationally was low.\nThe World Health Organization said that the risk ... [2164 chars]",
            "url": "https://scroll.in/latest/1090378/nipah-virus-who-says-low-risk-of-disease-spreading-beyond-india-no-travel-curbs-needed",
            "image": "https://sc0.blr1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/book/209153-dxywkuxawv-1756887458.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-01T03:57:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1674eeadae9131309ac12369f62ca9f2",
                "name": "Scroll.in",
                "url": "https://scroll.in"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e5aa76ad1eb6d7baec4904fb6ed1020a",
            "title": "ഡെങ്കിയും സികയും പഠിക്കാൻ വീണ്ടും ICMR; പഠനത്തിനായി തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തത് കേരളത്തെ, കാരണമെന്ത്?",
            "description": "തിരുവനന്തപുരം: ഡെങ്കിപ്പനി, സിക രോഗങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് പഠിക്കാൻ വീണ്ടും ഐ.സി.എം.ആർ. സംഘം സംസ്ഥാനത്തെത്തുന്നു. ആരോഗ്യ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളിൽനിന്നുള്ള ഡേറ്റാ വിശകലനം, അണുബാധയുടെ സ്വഭാവം, ജനിതകപഠനം എന്നിവയാണ് ഐ.സി.എം.ആർ. നടത്തുക. ഇതിനായി പുതുച്ചേരിയിലെ ഐ.സി.എം.ആർ. വെക്ടർ കൺട്...",
            "content": "തിരുവനന്തപുരം: ഡെങ്കിപ്പനി, സിക രോഗങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് പഠിക്കാൻ വീണ്ടും ഐ.സി.എം.ആർ. സംഘം സംസ്ഥാനത്തെത്തുന്നു.\nTo advertise here,\nആരോഗ്യ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളിൽനിന്നുള്ള ഡേറ്റാ വിശകലനം, അണുബാധയുടെ സ്വഭാവം, ജനിതകപഠനം എന്നിവയാണ് ഐ.സി.എം.ആർ. നടത്തുക. ഇതിനായി പുതുച്ചേരി... [1699 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mathrubhumi.com/health/news/icmr-dengue-zika-kerala-study-qnx94mfq",
            "image": "https://img.mathrubhumi.com/view/acePublic/alias/contentid/1ovzz1cnpzy8jmmktc9/0/dengue.jpeg?f=16%3A9&w=1200&q=0.75",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-01T02:57:42Z",
            "lang": "ml",
            "source": {
                "id": "d3bb118f892864eb33458e50ca74f770",
                "name": "Mathrubhumi",
                "url": "https://www.mathrubhumi.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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