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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": 119220,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fe4f1a55b6eba0b6ad762c157fd6b6fd",
            "title": "Why some people really struggle to lose weight more than others",
            "description": "Thousands of genes that have an influence on weight, say experts - which means weight loss isn't a level playing field",
            "content": "\"Fat people just need more self-control.\" \"It's about personal responsibility.\" \"It's simple, just eat less.\"\nThese were some of the 1,946 comments, posted by readers, beneath an article I wrote last year about weight-loss injections.\nThe idea that o... [8801 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2084q9079po",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0b12/live/ea08b050-df49-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T00:03:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4379715c713955740991ca1992e5c73b",
            "title": "Van Tulleken brothers: The three wellness issues we've stopped worrying about",
            "description": "Dr Xand and Dr Chris van Tulleken explain why they're not worrying about eating more protein, taking magnesium or avoiding microplastics.",
            "content": "With so much information out there about how to look after yourself, it can be overwhelming knowing what advice to follow.\nThis is where identical twin brothers, medical doctors and BBC podcast hosts Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken come in.\nIn thei... [4111 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgklkngn1qo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5d5f/live/f29552a0-ca1d-11f0-9fb5-5f3a3703a365.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T00:01:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1a486286dee9ec0e5e36ddab2541c001",
            "title": "Pandemic 2026 warning: FOUR diseases doctors most worried about after UK outbreaks",
            "description": "Flu, Mpox and Victorian disease rubella are among the diseases doctors are most worried about for the upcoming 12 months, after unprecedented outbreaks of 'super flu' across the UK",
            "content": "EXCLUSIVE: Pandemic 2026 warning: FOUR diseases doctors most worried about after UK outbreaks\nFlu, Mpox and Victorian disease rubella are among the diseases doctors are most worried about for the upcoming 12 months, after unprecedented outbreaks of '... [6332 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/pandemic-2026-warning-four-diseases-36428302",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36085869.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/2_Person-being-treated-in-hospital.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-04T21:50:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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