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South Africa Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.
Get API key for the South Africa Health News APIAPI 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": 1179,
"articles": [
{
"id": "77b3e9c400f71da3cc137204fdc56821",
"title": "Understanding how adult brains adapt to challenge and change",
"description": "In a revelatory Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Paul Lucassen, full professor at the University of Amsterdam and leader of the Brain Plasticity group, shares his scientific journey that helped transform our understanding of how adult brains adapt to challenge and change.",
"content": "In a revelatory Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Paul Lucassen, full professor at the University of Amsterdam and leader of the Brain Plasticity group, shares his scientific journey that helped transform our understandin... [7590 chars]",
"url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251204/Understanding-how-adult-brains-adapt-to-challenge-and-change.aspx",
"image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2016/3/Artificially_Colored_MRI_Scan_Of_Human_Brain-Daisy_Daisy_a8c5d8bbbf824bc8932308e30187510f-620x480.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T12:14:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
"name": "News-Medical",
"url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
}
},
{
"id": "ba930b630cc24fb35565eba61a83c84a",
"title": "Number of flu patients in England’s hospitals up 56% on a year ago",
"description": "Average of 1,717 patients in beds last week after ‘unusually early’ start to flu season, which has not yet peaked",
"content": "The number of people with flu in hospitals across England is more than 50% higher compared with the same time last year, according to official statistics.\nThe figures, published by NHS England as part of its first weekly snapshot of the performance o... [1056 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/04/flu-patients-nhs-england-hospital-up-56-per-cent-on-a-year-ago",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/935536f2447852693bf9ac7b90b83f468a4b72c1/903_0_6250_5000/master/6250.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=55f0e06d20f199c701ebce3d496d6d59",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T11:14:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "ecf76cc517333fb95b0724d9a13aa23b",
"title": "Antibody therapy could prevent and treat HIV with minimal dosing",
"description": "German and American scientists discover an antibody that neutralizes 98.5% of HIV strains, with promising results in preclinical animal models.",
"content": "Every first of December since 1988, the global health community celebrates World AIDS Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) marked the occasion as an opportunity for governments, communities, and individuals to optimize their response to human imm... [4668 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bioxconomy.com/modalities/monoclonal-antibody-therapy-could-prevent-and-treat-hiv-with-minimal-dosing",
"image": "https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt72fb3b8b4630b7db/blt58754c825c34b561/69316d5bd7e927371ba61b96/HIV_DepositPhotos_Edit.png?disable=upscale&width=1200&height=630&fit=crop",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T10:23:06Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "33b4dea63a85ef6a90fa7e2b016ffaf6",
"name": "BioXconomy",
"url": "https://www.bioxconomy.com"
}
}
]
}