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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": 122778,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4a34ebdfa2094ddcde805f196e346172",
            "title": "My life was ruined by fatigue and dizziness... it turned out I had a 'hidden' problem that hits a third of women. My GP ignored it... now at 42 I've been cured by a simple pill",
            "description": "Since her early teens, Emma Cleary suffered light-headedness, extreme tiredness and was cruelly nicknamed 'Casper' by classmates referring to her ghost-like appearance.",
            "content": "Since her early teens, Emma Cleary suffered light-headedness, extreme tiredness and was cruelly nicknamed ‘Casper’ by classmates referring to her ghost-like appearance.\n‘I kept going back to the doctors but eventually I gave up and just started fendi... [5046 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15451513/life-ruined-dizziness-hidden-problem-women-gp-igmored-cured-simple-pill.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/01/10/10/105398651-0-image-a-13_1768041232528.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T12:06:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "07569dbd65adec7d5925d0cb19f5d784",
            "title": "'Mystery virus' ravages Cuba leaving hospitals on verge of COLLAPSE as death toll 'covered up' and medics silenced",
            "description": "CUBA has been overwhelmed by a disease known as \"the virus\" - leaving hospitals on the verge of collapse as the Communist regime faces accusations...",
            "content": "CUBA has been overwhelmed by a disease known as “the virus” – leaving hospitals on the verge of collapse as the Communist regime faces accusations of a cover-up.\nHigh fevers, red spots, peeling skin, swollen joints, vomiting and diarrhoea are among s... [6959 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37870162/cuba-mystery-epidemic-regime-covers-death-toll/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mystery-virus-ravages-cuba-leaving-1049769487.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1080&h=713&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T10:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c54f4b732e3eea9f619cb2f1315c5a6",
            "title": "NHS poised to test new ‘longevity’ drug to boost Britain’s lifespans",
            "description": "Start-up claims new anti-ageing medication treats diseases as clinical trials are prepared",
            "content": "The NHS is preparing to test an experimental anti-ageing drug that could boost lifespans and treat debilitating diseases.\nThe British pharmaceutical start-up LinkGevity has developed what it claims is “the Swiss army knife of drugs” and has begun tal... [3053 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/10/nhs-poised-to-test-new-longevity-drug-boost-britains-lifesp/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/01/09/TELEMMGLPICT000418793673_17679716468210_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNpPHkRvugymKLtqq96r_VP8.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-10T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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