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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": 119504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1a67fbfbd6b3d0656b7bc9d9250e6358",
            "title": "Thousands of care home residents not vaccinated against ‘superflu’",
            "description": "Jab rates lower than last year leaving at least 110,000 elderly people vulnerable to virus",
            "content": "Flu vaccination rates among care home residents have fallen, despite warnings of a “super” strain sweeping the country.\nA total of 56.7 per cent of residents in older adult care homes had received the flu jab by Nov 14, according to data from the UK ... [4069 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/14/thousands-care-home-residents-not-vaccinated-superflu-jab/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2025/12/14/TELEMMGLPICT000453470055_17657383751240_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqIzV2jWZm93eqJxG0OMXcoGHcr5-wFvolgBP6RWuPteE.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-14T20:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6389b817a820c2d27fe49c47300b4067",
            "title": "Police given tech to track ‘suspicious’ car journeys",
            "description": "Forces could use AI app to track potentially innocent drivers to ‘find and profile’ movements",
            "content": "Police forces are trialling AI technology that enables them to identify and track “suspicious” journeys by drivers on Britain’s road network.\nThey are using an app which analyses data collected by automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, us... [5579 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/14/police-tech-track-suspicious-car-journeys/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2025/12/14/TELEMMGLPICT000341584536_17657349280010_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-14T20:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "87803ab88790448f594be57ebcea8b7a",
            "title": "Liverpool health boss gives guidance on masks amid 'super flu'",
            "description": "Professor Matt Ashton offered an update as 'superflu' cases soar around the city, region and country",
            "content": "Professor Matt Ashton offered an update as 'superflu' cases soar around the city, region and country\nLiverpool's public health boss has given his guidance on whether people in the city and region should be wearing masks amid soaring cases of 'super f... [2623 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-health-boss-gives-guidance-33055067",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article32057963.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_JHP_MDM_061120TESTING_88.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-14T14:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1aa6f0dbd00b7d9acf000f0ae47eaa40",
                "name": "Liverpool Echo",
                "url": "https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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