Kenya Health News API

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

Get API key for the Kenya 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 Kenya.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ke&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 5482,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "440b1f0a640d62fe1d4a7c776cad320e",
            "title": "Same Neurons for Seeing and Imagining? Study Reveals How the Brain's Mind's Eye Reactivates Visual Cortex Codes",
            "description": "New research proves imagining an object reactivates the same individual neurons used for sight, revealing the shared neural code behind the mind's eye.",
            "content": "While brain regions are known to activate during both sight and memory, a deeper mystery remained: do the exact same cells handle both tasks? New evidence suggests that seeing an object and picturing it in your mind often triggers the same individual... [16157 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.intelligentliving.co/same-neurons-seeing-imagining-minds-eye/",
            "image": "https://www.intelligentliving.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/same-neurons-for-seeing-and-imagining-study-reveals-how-the-brains-minds-eye-reactivates-visual-cortex-codes.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T22:41:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1b7e2a9d10343f81f808a0f1137faf97",
                "name": "Intelligent Living",
                "url": "https://www.intelligentliving.co"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b3d3bb74da4d690768c6fd16b9504808",
            "title": "Fish Oil’s Brain Benefits Can Backfire, Study Suggests",
            "description": "A new study finds that some Omega-3s might not always be healthy for the brain under certain circumstances.",
            "content": "A popular supplement often taken for its brain-boosting potential may have a dark side. Recent research suggests that an ingredient found in fish oil could have a counterproductive effect on the brain, at least under certain circumstances.\nScientists... [3699 chars]",
            "url": "https://gizmodo.com/fish-oils-brain-benefits-can-backfire-study-suggests-2000751144",
            "image": "https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/10/cod-liver-oil-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T16:50:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b86966b1ce9f29cc65fd4b3bf0671e5c",
                "name": "Gizmodo",
                "url": "https://gizmodo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "515dced63593f4925af10305335d2142",
            "title": "Rwanda Worried Of Emerging Malaria Drug Resistance",
            "description": "Rwanda’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Urujeni Bakuramutsa, has raised alarm over the growing threat of malaria drug resistance, urging swift and coordinated global measures to address the challenge. Speaking in Geneva during events marking World Malaria Day, Ambassador Bakuramutsa highlighted Rwanda’s experience, noting that the country has already detected early signs of malaria",
            "content": "Rwanda’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Urujeni Bakuramutsa, has raised alarm over the growing threat of malaria drug resistance, urging swift and coordinated global measures to address the challenge.\nSpeaking in Geneva during events marking World Malari... [1494 chars]",
            "url": "https://taarifa.rw/2026/04/27/rwanda-worried-of-emerging-malaria-drug-resistance/",
            "image": "https://taarifa.rw/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG-20260427-WA0015.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T13:48:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0f71b97880c387a4487078debf18a10d",
                "name": "Taarifa Rwanda",
                "url": "https://taarifa.rw"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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