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": 143764,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bb9415db4da3f1b7e89af3012ac1380a",
            "title": "Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US",
            "description": "The 17 passengers are set to be transferred to a special quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’",
            "content": "The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius were being repatriated to the United States on Sunday after the vessel docked in Tenerife and all the passengers were evacuated.\nUpon their arrival in Spain, medical teams from ... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/americans-hantavirus-cruise-ship-repatriated",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/143df928fbcad6278d5d77ede19a00e19d1da819/763_0_5503_4405/master/5503.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e717dae1db43666d2b68149c336d46e4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T16:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f2794a06f1dcf1df5e8d67932da00540",
            "title": "A pain watching TV was the only clue of hidden cancer that stole my EYE… I had no idea I was at risk",
            "description": "SITTING watching the TV, Jordan Zwart was struck by a searing pain in her eye.\nThen 18, she took painkillers but when they didn't ease her...",
            "content": "SITTING watching the TV, Jordan Zwart was struck by a searing pain in her eye.\nThen 18, she took painkillers but when they didn’t ease her agony, her mum took her to see an optometrist, who diagnosed inflammation at the back of her eye. It was only w... [5114 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/39030586/lost-eye-rare-cancer-pain-watching-tv/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/newspress-collage-c8r57y14l-1778160545572.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1778164304&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T15:22:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "thesun.co.uk",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7774aa34c6de5d366c8552a8e5ccf9e2",
            "title": "'I was spending £50 on vitamins a month - now it's ruined my life and I can't leave the house'",
            "description": "Taking up to eight different vitamins and supplements a day, mum-of-three Charlotte Foster never dreamed it would ruin her body and unable to leave her house due to her skin",
            "content": "Taking up to eight different vitamins and supplements a day, mum-of-three Charlotte Foster never dreamed it would ruin her body and unable to leave her house due to her skin\nA teaching assistant who turned to weight loss jabs to transform her life ha... [6116 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/i-spending-50-vitamins-month-37080093",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37129841.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Charlotte_Foster_RMG015.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T13:57:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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