Pakistan Health News API

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

Get API key for the Pakistan 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 Pakistan.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=pk&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 62752,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3eb6b1cc0167be93a20ef19848fa4960",
            "title": "Karachi paediatric HIV cases raise safety concerns",
            "description": "A rise in paediatric HIV cases in Karachi has raised alarm over unsafe hospital practices, including syringe reuse and weak infection control.",
            "content": "KARACHI: Infectious disease specialists have warned of a burgeoning public health crisis as unsafe medical practices drive a rapid increase in HIV and Mpox outbreaks across Pakistan, with children increasingly bearing the brunt of systemic failures.\n... [2159 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/04/19/experts-sound-alarm-over-surging-healthcare-linked-hiv-epidemic",
            "image": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/uploads/Screenshot-2026-04-18-224133-1776577453893-5evd9a.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T05:47:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "42f01186ca43680b240acb0cb5600463",
                "name": "Pakistan Today",
                "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4bbb869132179d0e4c7b46906f03567d",
            "title": "The missing human touch",
            "description": "In a post-pandemic world of boundaries and screens, the need for physical presence is turning into a biological crisis",
            "content": "KARACHI:\nWe are the most connected generation in history — and perhaps the most untouched. During the pandemic, when we were not allowed to shake hands, let alone breathe the same air, many of us turned into germophobes. We became frightened of touch... [13420 chars]",
            "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2603562/the-missing-human-touch",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/touch1776561137-0/touch1776561137-0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T05:29:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dcb907b246e9416f896f3c66fedfc7cd",
                "name": "The Express Tribune",
                "url": "https://tribune.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "153796254ef02a540998d6f50f514a6a",
            "title": "Dr Zafar Mirza warns over rising HIV cases",
            "description": "Dr Zafar Mirza warns HIV is spreading in Pakistan due to unsafe syringes and poor blood screening, and calls for urgent health reforms.",
            "content": "Islamabad: Former special assistant to the prime minister on health Dr Zafar Mirza on Saturday said the spread of HIV in Pakistan had reached an alarming stage and called for immediate, system-wide action as new cases continue to emerge.\nSpeaking at ... [3467 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/04/19/dr-zafar-mirza-warns-of-rising-hiv-cases-seeks-urgent-health-reforms",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/hiv1764693093-0/hiv1764693093-0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T04:47:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "42f01186ca43680b240acb0cb5600463",
                "name": "Pakistan Today",
                "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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