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": 139210,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e472bda258083434769887ede84ab944",
            "title": "Meningitis: Key questions about the latest outbreak in the South",
            "description": "BBC South takes a closer look at the meningitis cases in the region and what you may need to be aware of.",
            "content": "The death of a college student after contracting meningitis has brought renewed attention to the infection and how it can affect young people.\nLewis Waters, who attended The Henley College in Oxfordshire, died last week as part of a small cluster of ... [5804 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3p4503xnvo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e15a/live/152d68a0-5071-11f1-8c42-ed39d04e1525.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T05:08:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c8a27d65a52964e648df08e6aaba05ab",
            "title": "Dementia diagnosis blood test research supported by Kent patient",
            "description": "A Kent mental health trust hopes the project will help improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis.",
            "content": "A Kent woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease is supporting a research project being run by her local mental health trust.\nMaureen Royston-Lee's diagnosis took more than a year-and-a-half, which her family described as frightening.\nKent and Medwa... [2776 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz023e7rxd2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/d885/live/20977130-4fa5-11f1-95ec-23912032462e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T05:07:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c193dcc5d83fe8495b79b8fe76fb13f",
            "title": "CDC says American contracted Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo",
            "description": "A medical group says an American doctor tested positive after being exposed while treating patients.",
            "content": "An American tested positive for Ebola after being exposed while working with a medical missionary group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, US officials say.\nThe US national was being evacuated to Germany for treatment after developing symptoms over... [3244 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwpy2qww5do",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e4be/live/171bf590-530b-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T19:53:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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