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": 141398,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f845524f7d29bcb0fc7ec7062210123e",
            "title": "NHS cancer nurses exposed to toxic chemicals linked to miscarriage due to inadequate PPE",
            "description": "Exclusive: Thousands of healthcare workers who administer toxic drugs such as chemotherapy are routinely only provided with a plastic apron and gloves as protection, The Independent can reveal",
            "content": "Cancer nurses are being exposed to “hazardous” medicines linked to an increased risk of miscarriage and infertility because NHS trusts are failing to give them vital PPE, The Independent can reveal.\nTens of thousands of healthcare workers administer ... [6839 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-cancer-nurses-chemotherapy-miscarriage-infertility-b2971284.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/05/07/8/44/nursrefdscd.jpg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T14:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "92a2dad27890421b64752f935707c73a",
            "title": "Bipolar patient who died was 'not triaged well'",
            "description": "A Kent and Medway coroner writes to an NHS trust after its patient David Roomes took his own life.",
            "content": "A potential \"wider training issue\" at a mental health service could expose more patients to risk after one man died following care delays, according to a coroner.\nDavid Roomes took his own life in April 2025, four months after he was referred to Kent... [1005 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdp3rldg04o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ac46/live/3abc5090-4a13-11f1-a7ce-b934bcb15ff4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T14:24:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3deec1773832701ad3ce3633421d004c",
            "title": "Hantavirus survivor said sickness was 'hell on earth'",
            "description": "Two survivors who caught the hantavirus years earlier told the BBC they both felt lucky to be alive.",
            "content": "Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as \"torture\" and \"hell on earth\".\nThe Canadian, told BBC Outside Source that in March 2023 he start... [5298 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy72xmk1114o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/9e38/live/2dd6cba0-4a1b-11f1-a7ce-b934bcb15ff4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T13:57:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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