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United States Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from United States with our JSON API.

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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 States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 110520,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8447b26345661d78c8f7044db4ab0d19",
            "title": "Maine sought CDC's help with HIV outbreak. The agency said no.",
            "description": "Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.",
            "content": "Penobscot County, which typically sees two new HIV cases a year, reported 30 new infections since October 2023 — the biggest outbreak in state history. At the end of September, Maine public health experts asked for support from the Centers for Diseas... [7210 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/metro/cdc-maine-bangor-opioid-needle-shutdown-kennedy-penobscot/",
            "image": "https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/K2ORVORBJU766O7X5FJWBMK5SM.JPG?auth=4d4c446a74decd753c7f8887294afc30f8b949ee2942e40475f6f136bc7e73c7&width=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-07T12:00:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f5ad96a550eaec82f7b44d0fa63d19e",
                "name": "The Boston Globe",
                "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ff77635a3ce28fdb8f00726b12febbf2",
            "title": "Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side",
            "description": "Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers.",
            "content": "Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers.\nThat last-ditc... [10998 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/health/autoimmune-disease-science",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/01-ap25310061469429.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-07T12:00:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8881a2124029563f73fb04c151d5b247",
            "title": "Under RFK Jr., the CDC is scrutinizing the childhood vaccine schedule",
            "description": "Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an unprecedented review of routine shots given to kids, alarming public health experts.",
            "content": "For decades, babies have been wincing, squirming and crying their way through a series of vaccinations that start as soon as they're born. The shots protect against diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and mumps, which once plagued children and their... [4083 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5576321/childhood-vaccine-schedule-rfk-cdc",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x576+0+54/resize/1400/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2Ff8%2F32cb8b7348259410380cebe5e873%2Fgettyimages-2202122248.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-07T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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