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": 142680,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "17362533aa52825c6f5d27b69de96f1c",
            "title": "Our bright little girl was struck by stomach flu",
            "description": "A MUM has shared the harrowing ordeal of watching her little girl fight for her life in hospital, after she fell sick with a tummy...",
            "content": "A MUM has shared the harrowing ordeal of watching her little girl fight for her life in hospital, after she fell sick with a tummy bug.\nFelicity-Jo Rowlett, 13, first became unwell three months ago and now the family say the “reality of what lies ahe... [4453 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/39167585/teenager-life-support-sepsis-stomach-bug-coma/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/newspress-collage-p4p8zah0i-1779378296524.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1779381928&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T08:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b9a5524486cd4ed7b070bc999bc24bad",
            "title": "Yorkshire women call for easier access to miscarriage support",
            "description": "Women from across the region share their experiences of accessing miscarriage support services.",
            "content": "\"You should not be praying for a third miscarriage so you can get help. You wouldn't wait until you'd had three heart attacks - why should women wait until they've had three losses?\"\nIn 2023, Ruby Rounding and her husband James were newlyweds and wan... [4451 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyplxv9dw3o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1e6b/live/f9dd67d0-55e3-11f1-8860-91135abfc65d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T07:06:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "543a42026a8f7359e1f2ac76bb81a514",
            "title": "Stroke test at new Nottingham clinic 'will save lives'",
            "description": "A rapid-result test will show whether a patient is responsive to the most commonly used stroke drug.",
            "content": "A ground-breaking test offering quick results to improve the treatment of minor strokes is being piloted in Nottingham.\nThe test is carried out at a new clinic at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), specialising in assessing and treating patients following... [1594 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7p4zwq15do",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0965/live/73a2fe00-544e-11f1-bc99-1d37de959855.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T06:23:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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