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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": 189526,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5a4c77ca835193e5571af640dd54e763",
            "title": "'Lots of optimism, hope and promise': String of initiatives aimed at improving cancer care",
            "description": "Specialised centres and at-home treatments are some of the ways that will enhance cancer treatments in Ireland in the years to come, writes Breda Graham",
            "content": "Homepage\nlifestyle\nHealth & Wellbeing\n'Lots of optimism, hope and promise': String of initiatives aimed at improving cancer care\nSpecialised centres and at-home treatments are some of the ways that will enhance cancer treatments in Ireland in the yea... [434 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41794550.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9941/4970654_4_seoimageog_Dr_20Dearbhaile_20Collins_20TX_2002_20ANY_20GIVEN_20DAY_20_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T20:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f0047a044e2547997bc4a4d9ac06682d",
            "title": "Pathogen Pulse: TMVII Outbreak, Travel-Associated Dengue Cases, and More",
            "description": "This Pathogen Pulse examines infection prevention worldwide. Minnesota is investigating a TMVII fungal outbreak with 13 confirmed and 27 suspected sexually transmitted cases in the Twin Cities. CDC researchers report 10,530 travel-associated dengue cases from 128 countries between 2010 and 2024, which can help detect global outbreaks earlier. Further, China, the first human Streptococcus parasuis case in Henan was confirmed, with no livestock exposure, raising environmental transmission concerns.",
            "content": "Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII Outbreak\nMinnesota health officials are warning clinicians and the public about an outbreak of a newly recognized sexually transmitted fungal infection in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.\nThe infection is caused... [6941 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/pathogen-pulse-tmvii-outbreak-travel-associated-dengue-cases-more",
            "image": "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0vv8moc6/infenctioncontrol/6b97bd0859654232b1cedb4c6b2b0d5f9cd450fe-2805x1039.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T18:20:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b82de39e27b4272a6d9e3ad011b1f49",
                "name": "Infection Control Today",
                "url": "https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47375a5a22dae0fdb1b4bc8e38522f8e",
            "title": "Meet the people helping women feel like themselves again after a cancer diagnosis",
            "description": "A network of ancillary carers including medical tattoo specialists, wig experts, and acupuncturists can help women cope with the toll of a devastating diagnosis, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler",
            "content": "When a woman in Ireland is diagnosed with cancer, treatment inevitably becomes a battle on many fronts. Not only does she have to grapple with the realities of the treatments and the overwhelming questions of what the future holds, but there is the e... [332 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41794508.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/9941/4970546_16_seoimageog_iStock-682564328_1_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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