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": 126610,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5366005de2fc12044755888026c54167",
            "title": "How an aristocrat became an anarchist - and ran a pagan commune",
            "description": "Eleanor Anstruther, the daughter of a Tory baronet, lived with a community of witches and travellers in the Surrey farmhouse she inherited",
            "content": "Growing up, writer Eleanor Anstruther enjoyed a life of privilege. Her father was a Tory baronet, a descendant of the 8th Duke of Argyll; her mother, a Labour-voting architect and huntswoman.\nTheir five-storey Kensington residence, near the Victoria ... [9878 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/how-an-aristocrat-became-an-anarchist-ran-a-pagan-commune/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/family/2026/04/23/TELEMMGLPICT000480437433_17769452010490_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T11:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9d41f5fbd730e26088962cdf82cf0961",
            "title": "Cancer: Record number of cases diagnosed in NI",
            "description": "Cancer Research UK says tackling waiting lists must be a priority for the Northern Ireland Executive.",
            "content": "Cancer cases have hit a record high in Northern Ireland with about 10,700 people being diagnosed every year - about 29 new cases each day.\nCancer Research UK, which has published the figures, external, said tackling waiting lists must be a priority f... [2570 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87wzy2zjnvo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/aa1b/live/8fd1cbf0-3f0a-11f1-86fb-1d1a4c4c2d40.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T11:44:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2be190c7e6f927f0333f58b5ea0d92db",
            "title": "NHS heart scans fail to deliver results says new UEA study",
            "description": "Heart scans could be failing to deliver clear results for thousands of patients, new research by the UEA suggests.",
            "content": "A study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that more than one in three NHS heart ultrasounds or echocardiograms were \"limited or non-diagnostic\", often leading to repeated tests or more invasive follow-up procedures.\nThe findings come f... [789 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/26046371.nhs-heart-scans-fail-deliver-results-says-new-uea-study/",
            "image": "https://www.edp24.co.uk/resources/images/19515582.jpg?type=og-image",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T11:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c3efbe95dcba7b0e2762f38689825b83",
                "name": "EDP24",
                "url": "https://www.edp24.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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