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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": 2311890,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "12140f54d3e8c8d71207785c2a94486d",
            "title": "Man cured of deadly disease suffered by millions of Americans in first-of-its-kind procedure",
            "description": "A 42-year-old man living in Sweden was diagnosed with a potentially deadly condition at just five years old. But a pioneering, first-of-its-kind procedure has cured him after just three months.",
            "content": "READ MORE: Major breakthrough as 10 patients have their diabetes CURED\nA man with type 1 diabetes was cured of the condition after a first-of-its-kind procedure, experts have revealed.\nThe 42-year-old from Sweden was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at... [4658 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15010707/man-cured-deadly-type-1-diabetes-pioneering-procedure.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08/18/16/101326959-0-image-a-4_1755530970721.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-18T17:19:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk",
                "country": "gb"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36b141e224a33ba57089c7896b19f3e4",
            "title": "‘My cancer symptoms were mistaken for signs of menopause - now I’m unable to walk’",
            "description": "‘Its messed up my social life...emotionally I’m completely messed up’, says Karen Davey after she lost the ability to walk due to cancer",
            "content": "Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PA... [4359 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/cancer-symptoms-diagnosis-menopause-nhs-b2809525.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/08/18/13/42/477e8d45-168f-44e8-83a4-3261f132ef31.jpeg?width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-18T14:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk",
                "country": "gb"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f9e7096e9550750172b0f068082d758",
            "title": "'Cocaine is easier to get than pizza, it's socially acceptable'",
            "description": "One user tells STV News he's spent more than £1m on cocaine and alcohol over the past 30 years.",
            "content": "Key Points Cocaine use in Scotland has become widespread and ‘socially acceptable’, with easier access than ever\nReferrals for cocaine addiction at rehab centres have more than doubled in the past decade\nMany people with mental health conditions are ... [9010 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.stv.tv/scotland/cocaine-is-easier-to-get-than-pizza-its-socially-acceptable",
            "image": "https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/67ecb487f3b0a6c25257f373609fcb30-33-social-default.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-18T13:53:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "47bdcb03aa1ab49074770ad673d4e5d6",
                "name": "STV News",
                "url": "https://news.stv.tv",
                "country": "gb"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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