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": 140612,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0fd1dfedac458b9ebc8977b5bae2b86e",
            "title": "Tolleshunt Knights oak trees spared the axe by Maldon council",
            "description": "Campaigner Ian Rice says he is \"absolutely over the moon\" at the decision.",
            "content": "Three oak trees which are more than 300 years old have been spared the axe after a two-year battle over their fate.\nTolleshunt Knights Parish Council, in Essex, sought to fell the trees on the advice of its insurers, who said they may have been damag... [841 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpln3kn11o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4e06/live/f58cba20-4832-11ef-93c3-ffc52948adf5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T05:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4f501a1a47f2e0b5da29520679a4f6d3",
            "title": "Dartford clinic sees dozens of severely obese children in Kent",
            "description": "The Kent clinic's work is \"contributing to national recommendations\" for excess weight.",
            "content": "More than 150 children have been treated for obesity since 2022 at a specialist clinic in Kent, according to NHS figures.\nDarent Valley Hospital in Dartford said 122 children were undergoing treatment at its complications from excess weight clinic an... [661 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdepxkw5d5no",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/16d2/live/68a46280-544b-11f1-bc99-1d37de959855.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T05:10:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e8b9641a7dcd6ab4537d365284194fff",
            "title": "MP who survived meningitis raises Reading outbreak with PM",
            "description": "Alison Griffiths has called for greater protections after cases linked to Reading and Oxfordshire.",
            "content": "An MP who survived bacterial meningitis as a teenager has urged the government to do more to protect young people following recent cases.\nAlison Griffiths raised the issue during Prime Minister's Questions after four young people contracted meningiti... [1097 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy82ygn2v05o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/30af/live/3a99fc40-546b-11f1-97ab-4b256b476233.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T05:03:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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