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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 APIAPI 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": 115000,
"articles": [
{
"id": "bd3d870312daaf489f9259a9305f41b6",
"title": "Scots mum with terminal cancer in desperate bid to see daughter start high school",
"description": "A Scottish mum with terminal cancer is desperately trying to buy more time to see her daughter start high school.\nMichelle Gemmell, 39, from...",
"content": "A Scottish mum with terminal cancer is desperately trying to buy more time to see her daughter start high school.\nMichelle Gemmell, 39, from Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, has been told there is no further treatment available for her in the UK, but a ... [3279 chars]",
"url": "https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/health/15814902/mum-terminal-cancer-fight/",
"image": "https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/MixCollage-18-Jan-2026-10-06-AM-6389.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-18T10:17:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "65fdceda4e23f4bd1c3f7ff05f03313b",
"name": "The Scottish Sun",
"url": "https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk"
}
},
{
"id": "e49f0a32b7baa6ac50076bc11c90d2a5",
"title": "What ultra-processed foods really do to your body",
"description": "With UPFs making up 56 per cent of the average UK diet, experts reveal how over-consumption of them can impact our organs and overall health",
"content": "In November 2025, a group of the world’s leading experts on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) came together to review the latest evidence for the overall impact of these foods on our health for leading medical journal The Lancet.\nThe findings were damning... [11209 chars]",
"url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/diet/nutrition/what-ultra-processed-foods-really-do-to-your-body/",
"image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/health-fitness/2026/01/16/TELEMMGLPICT000456784845_17685672899430_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-18T08:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
"name": "The Telegraph",
"url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
}
},
{
"id": "d4fb023b03652fc56b5e0efa33eaa729",
"title": "Newry: Toddler facing second life-changing transplant",
"description": "Etta from Newry is to follow her brother in receiving a kidney transplant.",
"content": "Etta Cartmill has spent much of her young life in hospital, fighting to survive.\nThe toddler and her older brother Olly were both born with an extremely rare genetic condition, which caused them to suffer kidney failure.\nOlly had kidney surgery in 20... [1874 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mkl8k4v87o",
"image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/0917/live/f35d4220-f2d0-11f0-b2eb-0ff8ae417a07.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-18T07:23:11Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
"name": "BBC",
"url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
}
}
]
}