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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": 122566,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "baf5739216470ed7fc5de0b08d88dcde",
            "title": "Intrusive thoughts: 'What if I just started shouting right now?'",
            "description": "Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, who was diagnosed with OCD when she was 10, explains when you should seek help.",
            "content": "Have you ever sat in a boring meeting and wondered: \"What if I just started shouting?\" Or you're driving along and you think: \"What if I crash?\"\nThese unsettling scenarios are known as \"intrusive thoughts\" which the majority of us will experience fro... [3940 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czejjr7wz6ko",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/9a92/live/583566a0-fad8-11f0-a21a-e9b091602ead.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-28T01:18:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f51c4e432da246993f2f227e8c8b048",
            "title": "Mum's scabies 'nightmare' as cases of parasitic infestation rise",
            "description": "Jane Grandon, who was misdiagnosed several times, said the experience had a “really bad impact” on her.",
            "content": "A woman who had scabies has described the experience as a \"nightmare\" as figures show a rise in reported cases of the parasitic infestation.\nJane Grandon, from Caerphilly, said scabies - caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin - had a \"really ... [4696 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8jjz2zp5lo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/9401/live/fce4d1b0-fb5d-11f0-80ad-435009e66207.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T22:52:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fdc9ee2a86cd5989f57ea2f42601014d",
            "title": "I was barely eating but kept gaining weight. Then I discovered the 'taboo' cancer doctors NEVER talk about. Now sex will never be the same... don't ignore these signs",
            "description": "For more than a decade, Daniel Garza had been urging others to keep an eye on their health. The actor had no idea he was at significantly greater risk of developing a life-threatening cancer...",
            "content": "For more than a decade, Daniel Garza had been urging others to keep an eye on their health.\nIn 2000, the actor and California native learned he had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a virus that attacks the body's immune system and leaves it unable... [7606 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15492105/taboo-cancer-weight-gain-sex.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/01/26/18/105841315-0-image-m-34_1769450401769.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T21:44:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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