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United Kingdom Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

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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": 128334,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "57a373b884d8c441d1089d8ca79356ce",
            "title": "New cases of bird flu confirmed in Greater Manchester",
            "description": "Official data has been published",
            "content": "Official data has been published\nNine new cases of bird flu have been confirmed in Greater Manchester in the last two weeks, official data shows.\nStatistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs reveal a case of avian influenza re... [2163 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-cases-bird-flu-confirmed-32854639",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article32854622.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Early-Outbreaks-Of-Avian-Flu-Confirmed-In-UK-Birds.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T16:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "98093599dce3fc6e5d5366357fa778a6",
            "title": "Only two foods are major cancer risk - sugar is not one of them",
            "description": "Nichole Andrews, a registered dietitian nutritionist, says two things we consume are a bigger risk than all others",
            "content": "Nichole Andrews, a registered dietitian nutritionist, says two things we consume are a bigger risk than all others\nA nutritionist has named the two foods we should avoid above all others if we want to reduce our risk of cancer. Nichole Andrews, a reg... [6497 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/only-two-foods-major-cancer-36227881",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36227898.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Nichole-Andrews-dietician2JPG.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T14:52:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "14e2dd302b4d7023dafc2be8700c6cdb",
            "title": "I woke up after my wedding and couldn't see - I’m only 28 but I feel 90",
            "description": "Days after Chelsea Shields had her dream wedding, she woke up partially blind due to a condition called Functional Neurological Disorder.",
            "content": "It was just five days after Chelsea Shields had the wedding of her dreams that things went wrong.\n‘I woke up unable to see out of my right eye — it was complete darkness’ says the 28-year-old from Doncaster. ‘I was panicking. I thought, “What if I’m ... [3994 chars]",
            "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/11/woke-wedding-couldnt-see-im-28-feel-90-24674921/",
            "image": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SEI_273922699-2685_1762865028.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200&h=630&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T12:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b40633e34a62c20b9ec4adf5e8bee789",
                "name": "Metro.co.uk",
                "url": "https://metro.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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