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": 123786,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b70dbfdba189b6093e9e9d7ddc364b55",
            "title": "Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%",
            "description": "A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.",
            "content": "A vaccine during pregnancy which protects newborns against nasty chest infections is cutting hospital admissions of babies by more than 80%, UK health officials say.\nA virus, called RSV, affects many babies in the first few months of life and can lea... [2124 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g84nxwz8wo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4ad0/live/9f4a1170-3a67-11f1-88e7-17b97289f7a3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T23:35:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ebc81d5d23dca087c91e64660f19272a",
            "title": "Doctor who claimed Covid jab probably caused royal cancers standing for Reform",
            "description": "Last year, at the Reform annual conference, Professor Angus Dalgleish was cited as saying it was \"highly likely\" that the Covid vaccines had been \"a significant factor in the cancer of members of the Royal Family\"",
            "content": "EXCLUSIVE: Doctor who claimed Covid jab probably caused royal cancers standing for Reform\nLast year, at the Reform annual conference, Professor Angus Dalgleish was cited as saying it was \"highly likely\" that the Covid vaccines had been \"a significant... [3163 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/doctor-who-claimed-covid-jab-37032487",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37032625.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_Ukip-Spring-Conference-Day-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T18:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fb09eac969f3fb646488c2834ef733a4",
            "title": "Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset schools outbreak",
            "description": "Secondary school pupils — from Budmouth Academy and Wey Valley Academy — are ‘recovering well’ after receiving treatment",
            "content": "Public health officials have warned that meningitis B could be spreading among young people in Dorset after the confirmation of an outbreak affecting two schools.\nThree pupils have tested positive for the bacterial infection and are “recovering well”... [4891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/meningitis-outbreak-dorset-p8gsjrvx7",
            "image": "https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/8a599dab-cf85-4eac-8c3f-c896679acdfe.jpg?strip=all&format=webp&crop=1077px%2C606px%2C0px%2C84px&resize=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T17:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e0e1039092ec85a0b069e08b66bb337",
                "name": "The Times",
                "url": "https://www.thetimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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