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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": 117736,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "01ec51a0cce4e49262b197a3055f1b6b",
            "title": "Six pains you should never ignore, according to an urgent care doctor",
            "description": "Dr Suraj Kukadia reveals when to ride out the discomfort, and when to seek medical help",
            "content": "When is a bad headache just a migraine, and when is it a medical emergency? How can you tell the difference between chest pain caused by a heart attack – that requires an ambulance – or a panic attack that just needs deep breathing and a sit down?\nUn... [8413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/bones-joints/pains-you-should-never-ignore/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/health-fitness/2026/01/21/TELEMMGLPICT000458322450_17690112209120_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T07:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1873f7e2af12f6c5780f0543c2a9a1b0",
            "title": "'Corby urgent treatment centre is a great place to get well'",
            "description": "The centres help take the pressure off A&E departments, says a company that runs one.",
            "content": "A woman has praised an urgent treatment centre (UTC) after it discovered she had a heart condition.\nStaff at the Corby UTC in Northamptonshire realised what was wrong with Christine Baaki, 55, last year.\nNot-for-profit company DHU Healthcare took ove... [2503 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c394pm2nl2do",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/7faf/live/37391050-f6dc-11f0-a4dd-a5af35a571cb.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T06:31:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "49dd4b619276cdfc75deed9c036780b4",
            "title": "How AI and robots ease pressure at Essex pharmacy",
            "description": "Hema Patel says pharmacies are “on our knees” and need more funding from central government.",
            "content": "A pharmacist says using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics is helping to take the strain off their services as demand from patients grows.\nCross Chemist in Benfleet, Essex, has adopted the technology to help dispense its 11,000 medications a m... [2057 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1507npqgpeo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/e0d0/live/7a740370-f62d-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T06:22:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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