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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": 115138,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "afccbbbef35a41219df5e65efeda2868",
            "title": "'I survived gruelling cancer journey",
            "description": "Dad Brett Harman, 35, tragically lost his fiancée to cancer only a few years after battling the disease himself - but says it is only ever 'part of the story' of someone's life",
            "content": "EXCLUSIVE: 'I survived gruelling cancer journey - only to lose my fiancée to same illness'\nDad Brett Harman, 35, tragically lost his fiancée to cancer only a few years after battling the disease himself - but says it is only ever 'part of the story' ... [6177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-survived-gruelling-cancer-journey-36546258",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36546796.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/2_Image.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T17:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9c20dfe621cbde5f335dffac1e509928",
            "title": "New pacemaker could reverse heart failure",
            "description": "Device can retrain heart to burn fat instead of sugar",
            "content": "Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.\nScientists at the University of Oxford and the British Heart Foundation showed they can retrain the heart to burn fat instead of sugar.\n... [4021 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/new-pacemaker-could-reverse-heart-failure/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/01/18/TELEMMGLPICT000457812867_17687410523130_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqterdOwC7njftddwmHEpu1P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T15:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1268e9bba7ca047fb8e9c0b8ad06ff10",
            "title": "'Dye in my MRI scan poisoned me",
            "description": "Camberley nurse Clare Garrett, 45, says she was left needing a wheelchair after she had a private MRI scan in June 2024 following an accident at her home",
            "content": "EXCLUSIVE: 'Dye in my MRI scan poisoned me - I've been left in a wheelchair'\nCamberley nurse Clare Garrett, 45, says she was left needing a wheelchair after she had a private MRI scan in June 2024 following an accident at her home\nA fit and healthy n... [5107 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dye-mri-scan-poisoned-ive-36567213",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36567224.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_KNM_NURSE_POISONED_BY_MRI_3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T13:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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