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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": 118610,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c2c3f818bcdbce88afb64b09eb019c42",
            "title": "Gran dies after collapsing in hospital toilet following four",
            "description": "Christina Chisholm, 91, died after she was taken to A&E at Raigmore Hospital, in Inverness, on December 8 after she developed breathing difficulties.",
            "content": "Gran dies after collapsing in hospital toilet following four-hour wait outside A&E\nChristina Chisholm, 91, died after she was taken to A&E at Raigmore Hospital, in Inverness, on December 8 after she developed breathing difficulties.\nA grandmother die... [7271 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/gran-dies-after-collapsing-hospital-36600741",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/article36600756.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_1PNG.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T09:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d500c5b4fdb8c1053fdfae53cb43b1ba",
                "name": "Daily Record",
                "url": "https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c88115256884420236c891f5ba5c4c8",
            "title": "'I can only eat 15g of protein a day - any more could damage my brain'",
            "description": "Claire can only eat 15g of protein a day due to PKU, a rare condition that causes a 'toxic' build-up of phenylalanine in the body.",
            "content": "A mum with a rare condition, which limits protein intake to just grams a day, is pleading for access to life-changing medicine.\nClaire Briggs, 45, from Midlothian has phenylketonuria (PKU) a rare, inherited metabolic disorder that causes an amino aci... [4729 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.stv.tv/east-central/i-can-only-eat-15g-of-protein-a-day-any-more-could-damage-my-brain",
            "image": "https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/79a7234c4d06c935f22fb20c68359503-1769099284-social-default.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T06:52:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "47bdcb03aa1ab49074770ad673d4e5d6",
                "name": "STV News",
                "url": "https://news.stv.tv"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc876bcde53e7efeaba7f37e8d00ff66",
            "title": "Leicester mum says new screening 'could've saved her baby's life'",
            "description": "Aarav Pancholi had spinal muscular atrophy but this was not diagnosed until he was six months old.",
            "content": "A couple whose son died from a rare genetic condition are encouraging others to take part in screening which they say could have saved his life.\nPriya and Abhishek Pancholi, from Leicester, had their son Aarav in September 2022 after a normal pregnan... [2097 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvggrqmy98o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/fb5e/live/63a2f710-f6ea-11f0-bd78-1f9f054d3f8e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T06:22:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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