Singapore Health News API

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

Get API key for the Singapore 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 Singapore.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=sg&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 58572,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3063af7dfc45a6646b25d6c83d99a955",
            "title": "Years of Instagram use may quietly blur the brain’s sense of the body",
            "description": "A new study reveals that using Instagram for years silently alters the brain's perception of one's own face",
            "content": "Scrolling Instagram for an hour a day is ordinary for millions of people. So is the quiet awareness that doing it can skew how you feel about your face. That much researchers had documented years ago.\nWhat nobody had tested was whether that skewing r... [5111 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/years-of-instagram-use-may-quietly-blur-the-brains-sense-of-the-body/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/06/26093759/instagram-use-blur-brain-body-sense.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f0be720554ae51a9f1b90984ef36b24a",
            "title": "Avian flu detected in Australian wild birds",
            "description": "Discover the latest updates on avian flu detections in wild birds across Australia and the current risk assessment for poultry and human health. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "CANBERRA – The deadly H5 avian influenza has been discovered in a fourth wild bird in Australia, with a fifth case suspected.\nA giant petrel in Western Australia was found to have the disease, Australia’s chief veterinary officer Beth Cookson said in... [1202 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/more-h5-avian-flu-cases-detected-in-wild-birds-in-australia",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/0bc444994fb34bca9d973a83586991cd26d6b3ea6e83d93795337a8d4e6a3b43",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T05:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18bbaf7268d70e8624702cccc5a2e698",
            "title": "Two brothers diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare disorder dubbed ‘childhood dementia’",
            "description": "Learn about Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic disorder often called childhood dementia, and its devastating effects on children's development. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – Sharmaine Lau and her husband, S.K. Leong, will never forget the day they found out why their son Matthew was different.\n“When Professor (Denise) Goh told us, we just sat in the car in the hospital carpark afterwards and cried,” Lau said,... [6711 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/two-brothers-with-sanfilippo-syndrome-a-rare-and-brutal-disorder-dubbed-childhood-dementia",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/d5c463b998d7724ea8d86eebf810d985720b84920d16d453034fe22868422995",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T04:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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