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United Kingdom Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

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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": 124474,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "622a967501b3daf2380ef9b24c88f561",
            "title": "US vaccine panel retreats from mRNA Covid review ahead of midterms",
            "description": "Advisers to RFK Jr drop the plan to end federal guidance amid Republican worries about the political impact",
            "content": "A major federal panel that advises the government on vaccines has stepped back from efforts targeting Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, a change that comes as some Republicans reportedly caution that additional shifts in vaccine policy could hurt the party in ... [4616 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/covid-mrna-vaccines-midterms-rfk",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a3c1c731dc1d626f8e2e366b16708475cc67da69/333_0_3333_2667/master/3333.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=9d850db0166c6a43f3895b8ca03fa222",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T16:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "479dfab801aede78db4d68bf95315923",
            "title": "Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time",
            "description": "‘Cryosleep’ remains the preserve of science fiction, but researchers are getting closer to restoring brain function after deep freezing.",
            "content": "A familiar trope in science fiction is the cryopreserved time traveller, their body deep-frozen in suspended animation, then thawed and reawakened in another decade or century with all of their mental and physical capabilities intact.\nResearchers att... [3527 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00756-w?error=cookies_not_supported&code=2d95a39f-f6af-40b8-bce0-cfde3112eec2",
            "image": "https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-026-00756-w/d41586-026-00756-w_52158032.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T15:22:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7abf0df285fbe93cdccffcc7c4088737",
                "name": "Nature",
                "url": "https://www.nature.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f6311c5810de89b36b66c125e556c91f",
            "title": "When humans arrived in Southeast Asia is murky. Mosquitoes might fill the gaps in the fossil record",
            "description": "New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.",
            "content": "Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.\nPinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into the... [7212 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/science/mosquitoes-human-evolution-homo-erectus",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2198782453.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T14:30:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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