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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": 127098,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8ee3dd0262ee60664112f307b410f471",
            "title": "Father demands inquiry after two-year wait for mental healthcare",
            "description": "Tom Tunney has launched a petition over reported failures in mental health services for children.",
            "content": "A father who has been waiting two years for his child to receive mental health support has petitioned the government to hold an inquiry into the delays.\nTom Tunney, from Thatcham, said his teenage child has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive di... [3324 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5947lxdvgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/83e7/live/8f7b5e70-2dba-11f1-b692-3b8b8cac9c96.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T08:05:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b07de8ca09b5525d7dd17b1cbc678a03",
            "title": "Banbury mother becomes face of national breast cancer campaign",
            "description": "Paula Van Santen has been living with secondary breast cancer for four years.",
            "content": "A mother of three, who has experienced a breast cancer diagnosis, will star in a national charity advertising campaign to \"support the nearly one million people that are living with or beyond breast cancer\".\nPaula Van Santen, 51, from Banbury in Oxfo... [2629 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vm8z90d5go",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4430/live/65b30620-2dc3-11f1-b45a-13c2fd78bbe1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T05:07:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c639472b2d66bcbc8ad0626731723fb2",
            "title": "Alfie the spaniel sniffed out my cancer, says Wendover dog owner",
            "description": "Katie Banfield says he buried his nose in her breast at the exact spot where a lump was later found.",
            "content": "A woman has praised her pet dog for helping save her life after he appeared to detect her breast cancer.\nKatie Banfield, from Wendover in Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed in 2024 - after Alfie \"sniffed very intensely\" on one part of her breast.\nShe sai... [793 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d4q1nvy14o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0a5e/live/b0630000-2cef-11f1-934f-036468834728.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T04:33:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "bbc.co.uk",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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