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Ireland Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland 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 Ireland.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ie&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 183446,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f7022d213998280585f983f27b2a91ae",
            "title": "Tongue cancer: How my outlook on life has changed since diagnosis",
            "description": "Orlaith Maher was diagnosed with tongue cancer at 24. The shocking news was all the more troubling given that she works as a speech and language therapist",
            "content": "Orlaith Maher, from Tipperary, was 24 when she was diagnosed with tongue cancer in January 2025. The previous October, Maher had first noticed a change in her tongue: “When I moved my tongue from side to side, it hurt a bit on the left side. I looked... [5057 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41754444.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9772/4886175_1_seoimageog_Orlaith_20Maher_204.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c9d1a815e23a3c2e3bd5c9eddcf76bf0",
            "title": "American Cancer Society endorses self-collected HPV tests",
            "description": "The American Cancer Society now says a self-collected vaginal swab to test for HPV, which causes nearly all cervical cancer cases, is acceptable for screening.",
            "content": "The American Cancer Society has endorsed self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening — a change medical experts say will help expand access and improve detection.\nThe updated ACS recommendations, released Thursday, reflect advancemen... [424 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/04/hpv-cervical-cancer-screening-guidelines/",
            "image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CWPS6DK6POOV7Q63MNUAZNYUHQ_size-normalized.jpg&w=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T22:05:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
                "name": "The Washington Post",
                "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "05a62afaf7f05d74d683d2c7392641f2",
            "title": "Barriers in Transition to Adult Mental Health Services",
            "description": "A scoping review maps barriers and enablers in the transition to adult mental health services for autistic and ADHD youth, highlighting institutional gaps and youth centered supports.",
            "content": "AUTISTIC young people and those with ADHD face barriers when transitioning to adult mental health services.\nScoping Review of Transition to Adult Mental Health Services\nUsing Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and the PRISMA extension for scoping review... [2592 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com/neurology/news/barriers-in-transition-to-adult-mental-health-services/",
            "image": "https://www.emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AdobeStock_620309408.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T21:37:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a9f12901925fcfb02f9d57b5db396471",
                "name": "European Medical Journal",
                "url": "https://www.emjreviews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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