United States Health News API

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

Get API key for the United States 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 States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 137714,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9879da7a2e6f0e900578892361fc8eb3",
            "title": "My libido is usually sky-high. Then he got injured and, uh, wow.",
            "description": "This is very unusual for me.",
            "content": "How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous!\nDear How to Do It,\nI’m a cis woman with a much higher sex drive than my fiancé. Most of the time I can get turned on by almost anything, even ... [9071 chars]",
            "url": "https://slate.com/advice/2026/05/husband-injury-sex-advice-my-libido-normal.html",
            "image": "https://compote.slate.com/images/68ca9789-4a89-4d7e-ad10-e9aeddd8c0b2.gif?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T16:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c8e1cfcb970c5e9a0a496c6b603e74b2",
                "name": "Slate",
                "url": "https://slate.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d7a76230a01f3ea8a65496fa89dbd6a7",
            "title": "Silent signs of Hypertension a heart surgeon says you should never ignore before it’s too late",
            "description": "Health News: I have spent four decades in the operating theatre and an equal number at the bedside, watching hypertension quietly carve away years of life long bef.",
            "content": "I have spent four decades in the operating theatre and an equal number at the bedside, watching hypertension quietly carve away years of life long before a crisis forces our hands. Hypertension is rarely dramatic at first; it is a stealthy disease. A... [5996 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/health/world-hypertension-day-silent-signs-of-hypertension-a-heart-surgeon-says-you-should-never-ignore-before-its-too-late/articleshow/131154174.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131154255,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T12:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
                "name": "The Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d0ee491ff1210137a508154276119d79",
            "title": "A puddle in a Brooklyn crosswalk has festered so long it's developed its own ecosystem",
            "description": "A festering puddle has become a fixture in a Brooklyn crosswalk. Neighbors say if highlights the need for more drainage infrastructure.",
            "content": "A puddle of water in a Brooklyn crosswalk has persisted for so long that some residents can’t remember the last time they saw the ground beneath its depths.\nThe putrid pool at Erasmus Street and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush has perplexed and enchanted n... [3532 chars]",
            "url": "https://gothamist.com/news/a-puddle-in-a-brooklyn-crosswalk-has-festered-so-long-its-developed-its-own-ecosystem",
            "image": "https://api-prod.gothamist.com/images/357065/fill-1200x650|format-webp|webpquality-85/",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T12:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b0c706e7ae8c0a6e5afdda93f123bcd5",
                "name": "Gothamist",
                "url": "https://gothamist.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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