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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": 2391144,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "14484001676933a72495ba58c41a6963",
            "title": "Scientists discover Pfizer COVID jab linked to eye changes that raise corneal damage risk",
            "description": "A team of researchers in Turkey have discovered multiple signs of stress in the eye after patients took Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Long-term changes could have severe implications.",
            "content": "Scientists have discovered that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may increase the risk of eye damage, leading to vision loss.\nThe new study specifically examined how the vaccine affected patients' corneas, the clear front part of the eye that allows light t... [6193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14915995/pfizer-covid-vaccine-eye-changes-damage-risk.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/17/18/100407047-0-image-m-13_1752771664378.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-18T16:04:18Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d5b1b547ff106fcb9d4fab3ffd631800",
            "title": "Exposure to bright lights at night linked to serious health issues",
            "description": "Exposure to bright light at night raises heart risks by disrupting circadian rhythm. Women and young adults are especially vulnerable.",
            "content": "Smartphones shining at 3 a.m. feel harmless, yet the glow might be training the body to expect daytime when it most needs sleep. New research following more than 88,000 adults shows that brighter lights are not just a nuisance, they are linked to a s... [5954 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/exposure-to-night-lights-during-sleep-linked-to-multiple-serious-health-issues/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2025/07/18073951/night_tv-lights_sleeping_heart-health_circadian-rhythms_1m.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-18T13:47:37Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5fa70749120065d8ad428e4cce8c738b",
            "title": "Boy, seven, almost dies after swallowing 'humbug size' magnets from dangerous game parents want banned",
            "description": "A little boy from Grantham Lincolnshire needed a major open surgery after ingesting two magnets from a popular board game.",
            "content": "A seven-year-old boy needed emergency open surgery after swallowing two powerful magnets from a children's game that has already raised red flags among safety chiefs over fears it could kill.\nNaomi Rivers, 35, had left her son Eli Jepson watching TV ... [5958 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14918151/Boy-near-death-experience-swallowing-magnets-game.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/18/13/100428697-0-image-m-23_1752841871304.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-18T13:25:27Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}                        

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