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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": 117568,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3fd6a9492ce2633a9d06f38ed81865bb",
            "title": "GP names key symptom that means you have Covid - not a cold or flu",
            "description": "Sometimes it can be tricky to know what illness you are dealing with as the symptoms overlap.",
            "content": "A GP has issued a warning about a key symptom that likely means you have COVID-19 rather than a cold or the flu. During the winter it can be hard to tell these illnesses apart, as many of the symptoms overlap.\nHowever, it is important to know what yo... [3506 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/2140007/gp-names-key-covid-symptom",
            "image": "https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/11/1200x630/6581437.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T21:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5fee56bcfa73257762a23904b3dd8aeb",
                "name": "Daily Express",
                "url": "https://www.express.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "20cfa6be0e14c4c9fbb9269edbda4241",
            "title": "Experts reject calls for national prostate cancer screening programme",
            "description": "A committee advising the government concluded that a programme using the standard prostate-specific antigen test could 'cause more harm than good'. | ITV National News",
            "content": "The UK’s top experts on prostate cancer met on Friday and decided not to recommend a UK-wide screening programme for prostate cancer, as ITV News' Charanpreet Khaira reports.\nWords by ITV News Producer Philip Sime\nA panel of experts has rejected call... [4380 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/2025-11-28/experts-set-to-advise-against-prostate-screening-for-most-men-in-uk",
            "image": "https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/42lSpdmYEelVgDhD2VcrQ2/f6127f57436709201b18d71991b5b357/cancer.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=1600&h=900&q=80",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T19:16:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "50e936df020ec4ba91592a1399c1d92f",
                "name": "ITVX",
                "url": "https://www.itv.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d57f9fcf448242df4a67b5d21ea1724e",
            "title": "Outbreak of medieval skin disease in schools leaving patients’ flesh ‘crawling'",
            "description": "Cases of scabies have been reported in at least five schools in Devon.",
            "content": "A school in Devon has closed following an outbreak of a Victorian-era disease.\nCases of scabies have been reported in at least five schools in the county.\nParents of pupils at South Devon College were informed that at least seven children had contrac... [3018 chars]",
            "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/28/schools-devon-close-due-cases-scabies-24922913/",
            "image": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SEI_270592846-09c4_1764352353.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200&h=630&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-28T17:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b40633e34a62c20b9ec4adf5e8bee789",
                "name": "Metro.co.uk",
                "url": "https://metro.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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