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United Kingdom Health News API

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

Get API key for the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 124866,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "254e8fc136590d1bc168ef17aef6ca58",
            "title": "Why the young have stopped having sex. It's the curse of my generation, says LILY AMORY... and three very suprising and devastating causes behind it may not be what you expect",
            "description": "Why aren't the young having sex? In 1962, it was all the rage, with one Dr David Morgan telling parents they had 'a duty to warn their sons and daughters against promiscuity'.",
            "content": "Why aren’t the young having sex? In 1962, it was all the rage, with one Dr David Morgan telling parents they had ‘a duty to warn their sons and daughters against promiscuity’.\nIn his annual report, Chester’s health and education officer added: ‘If no... [10505 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15513787/young-stopped-sex-generation-LILY-AMORY-suprising-causes.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/01/30/19/105978279-0-image-a-17_1769801452352.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T01:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0521c184f5cbc5b717af42be84188982",
            "title": "Victorian-era disease branded world’s ‘most infectious’ rips through UK",
            "description": "The highly infectious Victorian-era disease was responsible for killing famous people such as Emily Brontë and George Orwell.",
            "content": "Cases of a Victorian-era disease commonly mentioned in history books are increasing in parts of the UK. The disease famously killed authors like Emily Brontë and George Orwell, and is considered by many as a thing of the past. However, cases of tuber... [3899 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2164865/victorian-disease-rips-through-uk-tuberculosis",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/1200x630/6711129.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T17:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6134c577b7c26362dfeddfde5e0ccedd",
            "title": "'I'm a cancer dietitian and you should cut 2 specific foods from your diet ASAP'",
            "description": "A cancer dietitian has shared which two foods should be cut from your diet to help reduce your risk of certain kinds of cancer - and some are very popular in our fridges",
            "content": "A cancer dietitian has shared which two foods should be cut from your diet to help reduce your risk of certain kinds of cancer - and some are very popular in our fridges\nA cancer dietician has revealed the two foods that should be \"completely omitted... [2945 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/im-cancer-dietitian-you-should-36643896",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36130100.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_Tasty-fried-crispy-bacon-slices.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T14:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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