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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": 131016,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e8bc564302e0df683ba940214bed118",
            "title": "Running for the bus could save your life - short bursts of exercise linked to lower risks of dementia, diabetes and heart disease, study finds",
            "description": "Taking the stairs, playing actively with children or walking quickly between errands for just a few minutes a day could all have significant health benefits, experts say.",
            "content": "Even short bursts of exercise such as running for the bus can slash the risk of dementia or type 2 diabetes by more than half, a study suggests.\nTaking the stairs, playing actively with children or walking quickly between errands for just a few minut... [3170 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15689319/Running-bus-save-life-short-bursts-exercise-linked-lower-risks-dementia-diabetes-heart-disease-study-finds.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/03/29/16/107508775-0-image-a-17_1774799085645.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T08:18:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "090ed8ee8a53ec8dd7808e70ed2245fd",
            "title": "'I caught a Victorian disease that made people avoid me - and fell pregnant'",
            "description": "Jayne says people moved away from her when she went to hospital",
            "content": "Jayne says people moved away from her when she went to hospital\nA woman who was covered ‘head-to-toe’ in a rash after falling ill had to remove her contraceptive patch due to the outbreak - and fell pregnant. Jayne Walmsley noticed a rash spreading a... [5678 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/i-caught-victorian-disease-made-36941347",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36941350.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_Jam_Press_JMP848783.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T06:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e88488db4e85cee27d15713d60f2db02",
            "title": "Dozing dormouse found in popped helium balloon in Essex",
            "description": "The tiny creature chooses to hibernate in a deflated balloon in a tree.",
            "content": "A hibernating dormouse was rescued after being found fast asleep in an old helium balloon caught in a tree.\nThe tiny creature was discovered by an Essex Wildlife Trust officer during a litter-picking campaign in woodland north of Halstead.\nIt was in ... [815 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9vq4v4727o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/3e58/live/e8b1b480-2bf8-11f1-8c73-bf1bf582fe35.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T05:28:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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