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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": 126306,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f4097ba0fdc3129c045f046182256175",
            "title": "Mapped: This Victorian disease had been eliminated from Britain - now it is spreading across 50 council areas",
            "description": "Bristol is lagging behind on vaccination rates",
            "content": "Bristol is lagging behind on vaccination rates\nA Victorian disease that had been eliminated in the UK has returned in 50 council areas – and a new map has highlighted the low vaccine-rate areas where it is spreading quickly.\nMeasles infections have n... [4194 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/mapped-victorian-disease-been-eliminated-10866986",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/article10832703.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_gettyimages-2224306427-170667a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T09:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "153a3550d38b03983f41ea5086ae6be9",
                "name": "Bristol Live",
                "url": "https://www.bristolpost.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5aa8e47e02eed4a855c148ea8177995",
            "title": "My baby died in the back of the car at just 1 month old after medics dismissed his fussy eating and grunting noises",
            "description": "WHEN Katie Thomas’s daughter met her newborn baby brother for the first time, she couldn’t stop smiling… The six-year-old couldn’t wait to...",
            "content": "WHEN Katie Thomas’s daughter met her newborn baby brother for the first time, she couldn’t stop smiling… The six-year-old couldn’t wait to be a big sister.\nBut tragically, it only lasted for 32 days, when baby Harrison suffered a cardiac arrest due t... [5664 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38494023/baby-died-car-medics-dismissed-fussy-eating/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/newspress-collage-gk8gbs7iu-1773329584691.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1773329665&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T09:04:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "759c875eaa6d6643f9aa4ae81bc2229f",
            "title": "Harrow records highest rate of tuberculosis in London",
            "description": "Data shows 44 in every 100,000 residents in Harrow have active TB in Harrow.",
            "content": "A north-west London borough has the highest rate of active tuberculosis (TB) in the capital, according to new data.\nThe National TB Surveillance System said 44 in every 100,000 residents had active TB in Harrow, and cases \"still seem to be rising\", t... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k1m0vkprmo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c738/live/d775c720-1df1-11f1-a719-d5d170d20a8c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T08:02:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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