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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": 120574,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e5426442fda1d7f3c820b76a144c17fe",
            "title": "The five-second test: early signs of heart failure you shouldn’t ignore",
            "description": "A simple at-home test and often-overlooked symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath and sudden weight gain can help detect heart failure early and prompt timely medical care",
            "content": "Early symptoms of heart failure aren’t always obvious. Swelling, unusual fatigue, shortness of breath during routine activities, unexplained weight gain, or waking up at night gasping for air can all be warning signs.\nDr. Iran Kruchin, senior cardiol... [5851 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/rymfnvux11x",
            "image": "https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/picserver6/crop_images/2025/09/09/Byga7g5T5xl/Byga7g5T5xl_0_0_1408_768_0_large.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T21:36:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "179cfeb8d2cd0b1b229ae6f2db87e23e",
                "name": "Ynetnews",
                "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1e736cf36c0e8bdd00d81589a8f96d44",
            "title": "Co Down man's warning after undiagnosed diabetes caused his blindness",
            "description": "The man has spoken up to help others during Diabetes Awareness Month",
            "content": "The man has spoken up to help others during Diabetes Awareness Month\nA man from Bangor is warning members of the public about the dangers of ignoring symptoms associated with diabetes — after he suffered significant sight loss. Davy Daniel has develo... [3371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/co-down-mans-warning-after-32938586",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.belfastlive.co.uk/article32938658.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/1_davy-sitting-listening-to-audio-book-on-his-earphone.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T21:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78881a9cd935152c13a00724e7ab8166",
                "name": "Belfast Live",
                "url": "https://www.belfastlive.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "113c49ec1fc338361d56c904f5757cab",
            "title": "Boy, 11, dies when mum finds him ‘slumped over the toilet’ after docs said his sore throat was 'just a virus'",
            "description": "FRANKIE-RAE Law was 11 years old when he died in front of his family, hours after being told by a GP he had 'just a virus'.\n\"He came to the...",
            "content": "FRANKIE-RAE Law was 11 years old when he died in front of his family, hours after being told by a GP he had ‘just a virus’.\n“He came to the living room gasping for air and the absolute sheer horror on his face was insane,” Keleigh Law, who lived with... [3104 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/37417797/boy-found-dead-toilet-mum-docs-sore-throat-virus/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MR-24_11-JUST-A-VIRUS_OP.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T20:21:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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