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": 141768,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c5e4b332a8dc8e810872c153313bdd02",
            "title": "Wards at three Welsh hospitals closed due to surge in norovirus cases",
            "description": "Hywel Dda Health Board said they were temporarily closing certain wards due to norovirus circulating at hospital sites and in the community",
            "content": "Hywel Dda Health Board said they were temporarily closing certain wards due to norovirus circulating at hospital sites and in the community\nA Welsh health board has announced immediate temporary ward closures at three of their hospitals due to a surg... [1344 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wards-three-welsh-hospitals-closed-33998326",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/article33998564.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_ILR_SWA_201221hospital.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T16:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fcad4c1746f88086ef59fadd050f7798",
                "name": "Wales Online",
                "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c2c59f292f39b4f8f0354530299d8cc",
            "title": "'Safe and welcoming' ADHD and autism hub to open",
            "description": "It will provide support around topics including the diagnostic process, employment and volunteering.",
            "content": "A mental health service in Sheffield has launched a new support hub for people who have autism or ADHD.\nSheffield Mind's Wellbeing Centre, in Sharrow Lane, will host the service from 1 June, providing support and advice around topics including the di... [1534 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17289y90vpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1eb5/live/32d12cb0-55ef-11f1-8c9d-3b2d3d323501.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T15:04:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "afe901fa4e182cd8bd53560056633078",
            "title": "Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo",
            "description": "The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is \"high\", but it remains \"low\" at the global level.",
            "content": "The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been increased from \"high\" to \"very high\" by the World Health Organization (WHO).\nIn an update on Friday, the WHO's head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also... [2075 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7p30m1dn1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ecdf/live/73886470-55eb-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T15:00:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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