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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": 119130,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a5f9cd60b39938765090fe11a39cc461",
            "title": "Plea to save Eastbourne girl, 13, with rare blood disorder",
            "description": "Millie was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia just days after celebrating her 13th birthday.",
            "content": "The family of a teenage girl who was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disorder just days after turning 13 have issued an urgent plea for a stem cell donor to save her life.\nMillie, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affec... [1689 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckglymdeznmo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/dc3a/live/e5cbb790-ceae-11f0-a93a-1d6163a2536b.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T10:43:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c264e8c01f53562f13a806fae5e2637",
            "title": "Covid symptoms 'shift' warning issued by North East health expert ahead of Christmas",
            "description": "Covid symptoms have shifted since 2020 with experts warning UK households about new highly transmissible variants ahead of Christmas",
            "content": "ChronicleLive is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join our communities.\nWe have a number of communities to join, so you can choose which one you want to be part of and we'll send you the latest news direct to your phone. You could even join them al... [923 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/covid-symptoms-shift-warning-issued-32975400",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/article32975399.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_Very-sick-young-woman-sitting-on-a-couch-holding-her-forearm-and-handkerchief-at-her-nose-fighting-fever.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T09:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7f4a1298de374f5627a52eaf965b561b",
                "name": "Chronicle Live",
                "url": "https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "01036aa3a584c822ac228a9d8618af6e",
            "title": "'I thought itchy eye was due to my cold - but it was killer brain infection'",
            "description": "Sophie Bell, 17, had been suffering from cold-like symptoms and daily headaches for around a month when she was rushed to hospital with a rare, deadly infection",
            "content": "Sophie Bell, 17, had been suffering from cold-like symptoms and daily headaches for around a month when she was rushed to hospital with a rare, deadly infection\nA teen who found she kept rubbing her eye was horrified when she learned it was a killer ... [4177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-thought-itchy-eye-due-36331989",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article36332045.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_KNM_TEEN_KILLER_BRAIN_INFECTION_12.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T09:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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