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": 142088,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "179b08a98eada4edec4108a9eba46299",
            "title": "The 5 reasons you feel dizzy",
            "description": "If you’re feeling dizzy when you get up from sitting, or perhaps you feel faint and lightheaded, then it’s usually harmless. \nBut if it...",
            "content": "If you’re feeling dizzy when you get up from sitting, or perhaps you feel faint and lightheaded, then it’s usually harmless.\nBut if it happens regularly, then it might point to something else going on inside your body.\nAdvertisement\nDr Natasha Fernan... [7663 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/39167830/dizzy-bum-clenching-hack-stop/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/newspress-collage-uy1grn0wa-1779461054179.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1779464715&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "thesun.co.uk",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2514c92e87ac6a499c60cbeaec4c1d3a",
            "title": "Award for late Nottingham teacher's fight against Alzheimer's",
            "description": "Carol Jennings was convinced there was a genetic reason for her family's dementia.",
            "content": "A teacher from Nottingham has been given a posthumous doctorate for her contribution to Alzheimer's research.\nIn 1983, Carol Jennings' father Walter Bexon was diagnosed with the disease, followed by four of his siblings.\nShe was convinced genetics pl... [451 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7rq9jqjeo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c5e7/live/7b172100-5603-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T07:17:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d58515ee182117059d8b7715969a94c",
            "title": "Common prescription drug that needs 'particular care' during heatwave as UK temperatures set to soar",
            "description": "A pharmacist has warned hot weather can affect both how our bodies respond to medicines and how medicines themselves perform if they are not stored correctly",
            "content": "A pharmacist has warned hot weather can affect both how our bodies respond to medicines and how medicines themselves perform if they are not stored correctly\nPeople are being warned to take extra care storing their medications this weekend as tempera... [3027 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/common-prescription-drug-needs-particular-33998822",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article33998842.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-1495686066.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T06:50:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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