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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": 130614,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2c9ebaa0f3aca240348d9d7880ee4e9f",
            "title": "Avian flu: Welsh poultry farmers fear for businesses as birds culled",
            "description": "Thousands of turkeys and chickens have been culled following avian flu cases across Wales.",
            "content": "A poultry farmer fears there would be \"no way back\" for her business if her birds contracted avian flu.\nTens of thousands of turkeys and chickens have been culled in recent weeks following a spate of cases in mid, west and north Wales.\nIndustry leade... [3936 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m3ml5pv22o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/ae08/live/6a716ec0-c55b-11f0-a1c2-758f53fd6195.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T21:56:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54279019d8d2aed40c69fe8e8d199323",
            "title": "'Amazing' North East granddad died after aggressive cancer 'missed' on lung scan",
            "description": "Michael Donnelly died at 53 last April - his family believe he could have been spared a \"horrific\" death if his cancer had been caught sooner.",
            "content": "Michael Donnelly died at 53 last April - his family believe he could have been spared a \"horrific\" death if his cancer had been caught sooner.\nMore than a year from the death of a \"fun-loving\" County Durham granddad, his widow is still fighting for j... [4790 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/amazing-north-east-granddad-died-32886726",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/article32919877.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_SVR-NEC-211125-michale-3jpeg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7f4a1298de374f5627a52eaf965b561b",
                "name": "Chronicle Live",
                "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0ac81965e2b6f9937b698d2a416d1819",
            "title": "Prostate cancer screening programme could be given the green light this week in game-changing opportunity to save thousands of lives",
            "description": "The first NHS screening programme for prostate cancer could be given the green light this week, marking a game-changing opportunity to save thousands of lives.",
            "content": "The first NHS screening programme for prostate cancer could be given the green light this week, marking a game-changing opportunity to save thousands of lives.\nOn Thursday, the government’s National Screening Committee (NSC) will meet to make a decis... [4482 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15318889/Prostate-cancer-screening-programme-week-opportunity.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/11/23/17/103534367-0-While_prostate_cancer_diagnosis_has_become_safer_and_more_accura-a-11_1763917605993.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-23T17:15:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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