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": 137088,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f30bc01c5aa2ccfe4311e34edf8daae2",
            "title": "A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people in Democratic Republic of Congo",
            "description": "Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.",
            "content": "Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the country's Ituri province.\nThere are already hundreds of suspected cases, including one that crossed the border into Uganda. The latest strain of t... [3212 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g-s1-122494/a-new-ebola-outbreak-has-already-killed-87-people",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1000x563+0+1/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F93%2F5c%2F2e8bd7414ce39bed0a270690b07f%2Fap26136564576497.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T18:37:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3b24f67527198a936731b6b41bd2020b",
            "title": "EEUU emite alerta máxima por brote de ébola en un país con decenas de muertos",
            "description": "Las autoridades sanitarias regionales enfrentan múltiples desafíos derivados de la movilidad poblacional y la inseguridad local, en un contexto de transmisión activa y restricciones de viaje establecidas por varios países",
            "content": "La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y el Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) informaron que un brote de la cepa Bundibugyo del virus del Ébola afecta la provincia de Ituri, al noreste de la República Democrática del C... [7583 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.infobae.com/estados-unidos/2026/05/16/eeuu-emite-alerta-maxima-por-brote-de-ebola-en-un-pais-con-decenas-de-muertos/",
            "image": "https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/AC5JMDZEYVCKFF4QWT3SQ654KQ.jpg?auth=4b7739eb34d8c8a86555dd7af083e28fb8389b8eb3bbe04a98822857c41e99a4&smart=true&width=1200&height=630&quality=85",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T18:04:40Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "32b61a562295a89bd1b5b9b4fc2ff364",
                "name": "Infobae",
                "url": "https://www.infobae.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e4dc4cf66ed3e467843224a29f60af0",
            "title": "Frequent burials and at least 80 dead as Congo grapples with Ebola outbreak",
            "description": "Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases.",
            "content": "At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.\nOfficials first announced... [6422 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-ebola-outbreak-dead-usaid-response/",
            "image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/16/45ca59a4-c47a-4425-856a-5b699fcbc7dc/thumbnail/1200x630/dd6903191e1d29de0886b510342aaa88/ap26136413586187.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T16:13:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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