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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": 123974,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7229d32adaabc804aab435f8f4b07f3a",
            "title": "Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife",
            "description": "Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.",
            "content": "Toxic chemicals used in pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across Wales and are harming wildlife, scientists say.\nA study found the problem was worse in urban areas, with pesticides reaching streams through misconnected sewers and discharge... [5474 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze0j2dgkx4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0995/live/b168f9b0-1c59-11f1-a128-9b485282528f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T22:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "50fa0c4556cfe61f214a2e8582183e4c",
            "title": "Tyneside tot sent home from hospital with 'stomach bug' had meningitis and just '40 minutes to live'",
            "description": "Little Haisleigh Finlay was less than an hour away from death after A&E medics failed to diagnose her with a form of meningitis.",
            "content": "Little Haisleigh Finlay was less than an hour away from death after A&E medics failed to diagnose her with a form of meningitis.\nA Swalwell mum has spoken of her horror after her little girl was sent home from A&E and told she had a \"stomach bug\" - w... [3784 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/tyneside-tot-sent-home-hospital-33554360",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/article33563303.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_CCP_NEC_060326_HAISLEIGH009JPG.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T20:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7f4a1298de374f5627a52eaf965b561b",
                "name": "Chronicle Live",
                "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d483dea32847912f1bd89d8d790bde9a",
            "title": "How AI can identify breast cancer 'better' than a doctor but there's a catch",
            "description": "A new study shows AI can be better at identifying breast cancer than a human. But it also reveals the problems that would need to solved to make it work in practice.",
            "content": "Google's AI can identify breast cancer better than a human doctor, and potentially save the stretched NHS a huge amount of time and effort, a new study shows.\nIf at this point you're wondering why it isn't being adopted immediately, well, if you read... [4485 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/why-nhs-needs-time-to-bring-in-lightning-speed-cancer-checks-13517830",
            "image": "https://e3.365dm.com/26/03/1600x900/skynews-ai-breast-cancer_7188227.jpg?20260310202125",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T19:37:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896bbd67b1fce1e7e97122b9a4345dab",
                "name": "Sky News",
                "url": "https://news.sky.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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