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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": 118242,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1556ff2020d2322a3aa23b75bbb65bae",
            "title": "Mystery disease sweeps globe amid warning virus is 'untreatable'",
            "description": "The virus is not currently treatable, and there are signs you should watch for",
            "content": "The virus is not currently treatable, and there are signs you should watch for\nA health expert has warned of an 'untreatable' disease as a new and myserious virus spreads across the world.\nIt's said to be rising and spreading quickly, leaving a horri... [2453 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/mystery-disease-sweeps-globe-amid-36435601",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36435708.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Close-up-of-Asian-female-patient-sneezing-in-tissue-cause-of-cold-and-flu-while-admitted-at-hospital.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-20T22:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e89eacc6dfbdf4f57cd112182b71494",
            "title": "Man who suffered years of ringing in his ears is given devastating diagnosis",
            "description": "Darren Harris had one symptom for years, but didn't realise it was a sign of something far more serious",
            "content": "Darren Harris had one symptom for years, but didn't realise it was a sign of something far more serious\nA 59-year-old man lived with an innocuous symptoms for years without realising it was a sign of something far more serious.\nDarren Harris from Pai... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-suffered-years-ringing-36435230",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36435377.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_Mans-two-year-tinnitus-struggle-was-actually-brain-tumour.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-20T20:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fcf51fbbe51c1356c9c2639be9fe5c01",
            "title": "Popular Christmas dinner item causes cancer and increases heart attack risk",
            "description": "Only two foods are known to be cancer-causing — sugar is not one of them.",
            "content": "With Christmas Day just days away, millions of us are getting in the last of the food needed for the festive period. But what you might not know is there is a direct link between cancer and one of the most popular items on your plate on Christmas Day... [4287 chars]",
            "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/popular-christmas-dinner-item-causes-145540188.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/wales_online_892/2e6992a907e9487efbcd0807dcaeec4c",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-20T15:13:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "63e8b8305a4f2da1ae366a2ec1999561",
                "name": "Yahoo News UK",
                "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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