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": 147644,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bc49c29fbecf20ee56a407e2a615e342",
            "title": "People in Wales isolating due to hantavirus outbreak",
            "description": "'Individuals will receive regular precautionary testing and a daily assessment for the duration of their self-isolation' according to Public Health Wales",
            "content": "'Individuals will receive regular precautionary testing and a daily assessment for the duration of their self-isolation' according to Public Health Wales\nPeople in Wales are self-isolating due to links with the ongoing hantavirus outbreak, it has bee... [2636 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-wales-isolating-due-hantavirus-33947731",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/article33947799.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Hantavirus.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T14:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fcad4c1746f88086ef59fadd050f7798",
                "name": "Wales Online",
                "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "73d33bcc1fa00c00521929572bf64ffe",
            "title": "Expert issues severe warning about 'ballmaxxing' as more young men doing it",
            "description": "A health expert has warned the trend could lead to 'life-threatening sepsis'",
            "content": "There's a new trend taking off across fringe corners of the internet – and it could have serious health implications for anyone who takes part.\nIn recent months, we've seen a boom in '-maxxing' trends online, such as looksmaxxing, fibremaxxing, caree... [3208 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ladbible.com/news/ballmaxxing-online-trend-health-warning-007057-20260514",
            "image": "https://resizer.ladbiblegroup.com/ogimage/v3/assets/bltcd74acc1d0a99f3a/blt78c73335a6eaa4d3/6a059d1aa639b32ee3a20968/ballmaxxing-trend-warning.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T10:55:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3b970e4c2f6645b2fbe0790a7f380c38",
                "name": "LADbible",
                "url": "https://www.ladbible.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "56e776e809129fc9fe69e4284e004dc9",
            "title": "Rye woman spent four days in coma before cancer diagnosis",
            "description": "Yasmin Ashburnham was diagnosed with myeloma but initially dismissed the symptoms as fatigue.",
            "content": "A woman from East Sussex who was put into an induced coma after her incurable blood cancer went undiagnosed for a year is now undertaking a London to Paris cycling challenge to raise money for charity.\nYasmin Ashburnham was diagnosed with myeloma in ... [751 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr26ygeg70o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/06ea/live/a78f8bd0-4f70-11f1-9dd1-9b55cd8ee275.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T08:38:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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