Philippines Health News API

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

Get API key for the Philippines 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 Philippines.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ph&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 109404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "60330ee1ea298adf35e34bbd96915ac6",
            "title": "Hantavirus: A cruise ship, a deer mouse, and the fictional line between human and animal health",
            "description": "The hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship is a reminder of something we keep having to relearn: When humans push into ecosystems they don’t normally inhabit, they are exposed to viruses.",
            "content": "In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen that killed her was hantavirus, almos... [5567 chars]",
            "url": "https://theconversation.com/hantavirus-a-cruise-ship-a-deer-mouse-and-the-fictional-line-between-human-and-animal-health-282958",
            "image": "https://images.theconversation.com/files/735977/original/file-20260514-57-hb70e.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C731%2C6000%2C3000&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T20:29:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344b3e5c4a3152c0cbebe5418ae064b7",
                "name": "The Conversation",
                "url": "https://theconversation.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6650af34adcb6c2032ad695c3108b35f",
            "title": "2 Genetic Diversity for Improved COVID",
            "description": "Researchers have developed a new method for monitoring […]",
            "content": "Wastewater Monitoring Now Tracks SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity for Improved COVID-19 Outbreak Management\nResearchers have developed a new method for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater that focuses on tracking the virus’s genetic diversity. The techni... [816 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.geneonline.com/wastewater-monitoring-now-tracks-sars-cov-2-genetic-diversity-for-improved-covid-19-outbreak-management/",
            "image": "https://www.geneonline.com/wp-content/uploads/EN_NEWSFLASH_5-1.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T19:36:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e5376462a7128acdb762718aa2daf90e",
                "name": "geneonline.com",
                "url": "https://www.geneonline.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a12a6271a35042cc9afed4336e671e2b",
            "title": "France and Netherlands say all hantavirus contact cases negative",
            "description": "International, MNA | France's health minister said Thursday that 26 people in France identified as close contacts of hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship had tested negative for the illness.",
            "content": "France’s health minister said Thursday that 26 people in France identified as close contacts of hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship had tested negative for the illness.\nDutch authorities said that all people who arrived in the Nethe... [1548 chars]",
            "url": "https://macaubusiness.com/france-and-netherlands-say-all-hantavirus-contact-cases-negative/",
            "image": "https://hogo.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/macaubusiness/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/opengraph-image.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T16:33:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "16c41c9ce5ff784758d5bb15de728a1d",
                "name": "Macau Business",
                "url": "https://macaubusiness.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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