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South Africa Health News API

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

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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 South Africa.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 2780,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cf568e469b80874a30d4ee6b1554b2d0",
            "title": "Statin treatment reduces blood pressure in people with HIV, REPRIEVE trial shows",
            "description": "Developing high blood pressure doubled the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart attack, in the REPRIEVE study of statin treatment in people with HIV, and being assigned to pitavastatin significantly reduced the risk of developing high blood pressure, study investigators reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver on Monday.",
            "content": "Developing high blood pressure doubled the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart attack, in the REPRIEVE study of statin treatment in people with HIV, and being assigned to pitavastatin significantly reduced the risk ... [6050 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aidsmap.com/news/feb-2026/statin-treatment-reduces-blood-pressure-people-hiv-reprieve-trial-shows",
            "image": "https://www.aidsmap.com/sites/default/files/styles/aidsmap_social_default/public/2026-02/aidsmap%202000x1300-croi-statins.png?itok=RvNFbo6G",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T19:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "675d07a0f827bffe57bc261462fba8c6",
                "name": "Aidsmap",
                "url": "https://www.aidsmap.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "62458c7d807bf40121eea210bcee4843",
            "title": "Research updates, February 24",
            "description": "SARS-C0V-2 reinfections significantly increase the risk of Long COVID in children, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found.",
            "content": "SARS-C0V-2 reinfections significantly increase the risk of Long COVID in children, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER study found. Published in The Lancet, the paper analyzed the electronic health records of over 400,000 children, comp... [1664 chars]",
            "url": "https://thesicktimes.org/2026/02/24/research-updates-february-24/",
            "image": "https://thesicktimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TST-Feature-Images-1600-x-1000-px-14.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T18:03:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f1eedae9d2e7fda10863d5f82cf81e94",
                "name": "The Sick Times",
                "url": "https://thesicktimes.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d96220ce47bc41be91e59acc316f9b68",
            "title": "The intimate problem caused by weight-loss jabs middle-aged women are too scared to talk about. They cause UTIs, dryness and sagging, says DR SIMA... but there's a cure too few know about",
            "description": "While everyone seems to be talking about 'Ozempic face' - the gaunt, aged look from rapid weight loss drugs - fewer are aware of a phenomena I'm seeing. It's a condition you could call 'Ozempic vagina'.",
            "content": "As a doctor, I occupy two distinct worlds. My background is in obstetrics and gynaecology and I work part-time in the NHS. But I also specialise in advanced aesthetics, specifically cosmetic gynaecology. This means I look after the functional and aes... [5120 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fitness-wellbeing/article-15588359/ozempic-vagina-weight-loss-gynaecology-sagging-treatment-glp1.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/02/24/15/106639181-0-image-m-11_1771948458631.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T17:02:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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