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": 150336,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6c006f0a68a743afdea40d2cfd2fcde8",
            "title": "'The drugs that keep me alive are in such low supply I am surviving on a child's dose'",
            "description": "Medication shortages are causing alarm for pharmacists, and their patients - the Mirror speak to two people who are completely reliant on their medications about the dangers of shortages",
            "content": "Medication shortages are causing alarm for pharmacists, and their patients - the Mirror speak to two people who are completely reliant on their medications about the dangers of shortages\nA mum forced to travel two hours to get her epilepsy medication... [5767 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/medication-shortages-uk-strait-hormuz-37321084",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37324458.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_MAIN.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T13:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "39687fe1603ffe406e86253283e3c4ce",
            "title": "Thousands of women to be offered home HPV testing kits in Scotland",
            "description": "A total of 22 GP practices across four health boards are rolling out self-sampling tests following a successful pilot programme",
            "content": "Thousands of women across Scotland will be offered home HPV testing kits as part of a new effort to increase cervical cancer screening rates.\nA total of 22 GP practices across four health boards are rolling out the self-sampling tests following a suc... [2467 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.stv.tv/scotland/thousands-of-women-to-be-offered-home-hpv-testing-kits-in-scotland",
            "image": "https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/8676db43086cfd826c0b91b0f29491f2-1781789357-social-default.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T09:42:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "47bdcb03aa1ab49074770ad673d4e5d6",
                "name": "STV News",
                "url": "https://news.stv.tv"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "14c170971fb0ed896e1169bf5dbb2c70",
            "title": "Pharmacist issues warning to 5 million Brits over statins",
            "description": "The pharmacy owner also alerted users of HRT, Creon and beta blockers, along with blood pressure and heart medication",
            "content": "Pharmacist issues warning to 5 million Brits over statins - 'people are worried'\nThe pharmacy owner also alerted users of HRT, Creon and beta blockers, along with blood pressure and heart medication\nA pharmacy owner has issued a warning to the millio... [4794 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/pharmacist-issues-warning-5-million-37323820",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37323817.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_SWNS_DRUG_SHORTAGES_002_156080.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T08:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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