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": 143520,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ba897ae71f84f0da4a7ab31ca7af358e",
            "title": "Spain starts evacuating passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife - Europe live",
            "description": "Spanish health officials say all 146 passengers remain asymptomatic",
            "content": "From 53m ago\nFirst group of Spanish passengers disembarks from hantavirus-hit cruise ship\nThe government has begun the evacuation of the first passengers from the MV Hondius ship which arrived in Tenerife this morning, ending a journey that started i... [6404 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/10/hantavirus-cruise-ship-rat-spain-tenerife-russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-war-europe-latest-news-updates",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/486f49f3060a39b636dbfcf3b966cef7f60f4b18/150_0_1263_1010/master/1263.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d454b9bc50b5475879563237dc1cadb7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T08:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c335f0772be2e6e81abe52d8db2de1d9",
            "title": "the 7 myths about varicose veins and the signs YOURS are deadly",
            "description": "UP to one in five Brits suffer with them, yet the solution remains elusive.\nMany feel resigned to wear compression socks forever, or are stuck...",
            "content": "UP to one in five Brits suffer with them, yet the solution remains elusive.\nMany feel resigned to wear compression socks forever, or are stuck on an endless merry-go-round of GP visits and pricey, quick-fix ‘cures’. However, failing to treat varicose... [5101 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/39037518/varicose-veins-myths-signs-deadly/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/close-up-shot-showing-broken-1078686177.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T07:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74faf4e7cb7935ffc9565a61502e7799",
            "title": "Plastic maternity sheet developed in Birmingham helping to save lives",
            "description": "New mum Daisy backs NHS use of a simple sheet to measure blood loss after birth and prevent deaths.",
            "content": "While others were partying their way into 2018, new mum Daisy had her own reason to celebrate, with the birth of her daughter, but her family's celebrations abruptly ended when she started losing blood.\nDaisy suffered postpartum haemorrhaging and los... [1827 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8pm0el245o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0fd9/live/33b1fef0-493a-11f1-861c-270dbba6d6ae.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T06:18:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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