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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": 121904,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9688eab8c640f3e13da730f077922952",
            "title": "I did £300 of ketamine in one train journey & even ordered it to my HOSPITAL bed… I had two choices at my lowest point",
            "description": "BY day, Thomas Delaney appeared a thoroughly grounded guy, holding down a busy job as a business development executive.\nBut by night, the story...",
            "content": "BY day, Thomas Delaney appeared a thoroughly grounded guy, holding down a busy job as a business development executive.\nBut by night, the story was very different. His almost-daily use of devastating but common drug ketamine, was quietly ravaging his... [8299 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/37286931/ket-drug-addiction-35g-one-train-journey/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/crop-37589517.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1765366250&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-30T06:54:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7536e98ce93b83aa9cfe02fdcba01194",
            "title": "Health experts on New Year’s resolutions worth doing and the ones not to bother with",
            "description": "Instead of making the same unrealistic commitments every January, try these different approaches",
            "content": "Every January, many of us unwittingly follow a familiar pattern. We enter the month convinced we will stick to our most hardcore resolutions, such as those concerning a specific diet or workout plan.\nBut by “Quitters Day” – the second Friday of Janua... [7502 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/mental-health/health-experts-which-new-years-resolutions-are-worth-doing/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/health-fitness/2025/12/18/TELEMMGLPICT000453892987_17660794152370_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq-IWLY18X4-CzgyIcjLEAj0k9u7HhRJvuo-ZLenGRumA.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-30T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f395a8e3506f039c08437d9f98c760fc",
            "title": "I thought I had carpal tunnel syndrome, but it was actually motor neurone disease",
            "description": "After telling doctors her hands had started ‘locking out’, it took a year of testing for mother-of-two Zoe Nixon to get a proper diagnosis",
            "content": "My daughter, Darcy, sleeps in my bed most nights: she says it’s because she’s scared I’m not going to wake up the next morning. I tell her that motor neurone disease (MND) doesn’t work like that – but for Darcy, who’s 14, and my older daughter Charli... [6782 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas-charity-appeal/2025/12/30/thought-i-had-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-but-it-was-mnd/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/christmas-charity-appeal/2025/12/23/TELEMMGLPICT000451292467_17664906596400_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqadu-bubCwwNTr_YiFtRU64vCdM7y5SFWu0uZ-GBQ2Ps.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-30T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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