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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": 127366,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ec5156b8c2097de7e63589f2319d9ed3",
            "title": "GPs told to guarantee same-day appointments for urgent cases",
            "description": "New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed.",
            "content": "GPs in England will have to guarantee same-day appointments for any patient with urgent health needs, under a new clause being added to their contract.\nThe government said the changes would ensure everyone who needs to be seen quickly would be.\nExtra... [3334 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm28vp0pkzro",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/c351/live/e4467ca0-1195-11f1-b6a5-03d43da28d6c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T16:05:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9391bda9c0e8f8f46ff0ce9bd6f57ada",
            "title": "Cardiff sisters discover they are identical twins after cancer diagnosis",
            "description": "The surprise discovery meant Grace Leggett could not be a stem cell donor for her sister Caitlin.",
            "content": "Two sisters who believed they were fraternal twins discovered they were in fact identical - after one of them was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 23.\nCaitlin and Grace Leggett, from Cardiff, were extremely close growing up, sharing many of the... [4095 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23zprxzj31o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/75f2/live/3e0e54a0-1192-11f1-b018-3bcd1c6816f4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T15:00:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e9a7bae25b84e8e8bc8077afd127b753",
            "title": "Urgent tattoo warning over fears they could trigger BLINDNESS after dozens suffer terrifying side effect",
            "description": "TATTOOS may trigger a devastating eye condition that causes blindness, scientists warn - after dozens suffered the terrifying side effect,...",
            "content": "TATTOOS may trigger a devastating eye condition that causes blindness, scientists warn – after dozens suffered the terrifying side effect, sometimes years after getting inked up.\nUveitis is a rare condition that causes inflammation inside the eye, wi... [4668 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38322369/tattoo-warning-blindness-side-effect-uveitis/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/newspress-collage-7gvg0scrk-1771940341015.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1771940390&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T13:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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