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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": 132616,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "54cd425cd831446d192f8f08a5c17d8b",
            "title": "Student from Greenhithe raising awareness of endometriosis after years of symptoms dismissed by GPs",
            "description": "A young woman’s debilitating cramps, exhaustion and heavy bleeding were dismissed by GPs for years before she received a diagnosis.",
            "content": "Debilitating cramps, exhaustion and repeated infections left a woman searching for a diagnosis.\nFreya Nepaul, a business student from Greenhithe said she first began experiencing symptoms when she started her periods aged 11, but her heavy bleeding a... [5193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/doctors-tried-to-tell-me-it-was-just-period-pain-but-i-kn-338890/",
            "image": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk/_media/img/F6QG174AFZLDZVS2VMAE.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T13:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "86f34d88cdf9615a9af32303a7e5dc34",
                "name": "Kent Online",
                "url": "https://www.kentonline.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b2bbd699085051825befb1fbfcdfd922",
            "title": "I was diagnosed with bowel cancer while my new baby lay in her pram next to me",
            "description": "ALICE Norris' four-month-old baby girl was in the pram next to her when her doctor said they had found a tumour and were \"very, very sure it's...",
            "content": "ALICE Norris’ four-month-old baby girl was in the pram next to her when her doctor said they had found a tumour and were “very, very sure it’s cancer”.\nThe doctor’s eyes filled with tears, and Alice was left in utter shock – but her agonising journey... [10183 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/38750072/diagnosed-bowel-cancer-baby-pram-dont-ignore-signs/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/newspress-collage-ywv3z3wlj-1775837346514.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1775840971&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T12:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5cccfbb7aad170cbfe041a877836a122",
            "title": "Cumbria tumour book highlights human side of medicine, GP says",
            "description": "A Cumbrian GP says Laura Earl's experience reminds healthcare workers to be compassionate.",
            "content": "A woman's account of her brain tumour treatment highlights the \"human side of medicine in a way that clinical training often cannot\", a GP says.\nLaura Jane Earl, 37, from Carlisle, in Cumbria, wrote about her journey through the healthcare system in ... [1608 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew7j0v7511o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/3eab/live/5c4a5a70-34f3-11f1-955f-add91a6f90f4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T09:01:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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