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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": 2505626,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "62da94e7540f475d3615fcc33718b34e",
            "title": "Just one can of Diet Coke or Sprite a day could raise risk of deadly liver disease by up to 60 per cent, concerning research suggests",
            "description": "Chinese researchers have discovered just 250ml of fizzy drinks per day - less than one can - was enough to raise the risk of MASLD by up to 60 per cent.",
            "content": "Drinking just one can of fizzy drink per day—diet or full-fat—could dramatically raise the risk of developing deadly liver disease, concerning research today suggested.\nKnown medically as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASL... [4192 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15165803/sugar-drink-liver-disease-diet-masld-coke-sprite.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/10/06/17/94593221-0-image-a-5_1759767852543.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-06T22:01:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a91f3b1b23ec3fbdbffc002fe6534f71",
            "title": "Demolition set to begin at historic Molly Stark Sanatorium in Stark County",
            "description": "The Molly Stark Sanatorium, a tuberculosis hospital that served patients for more than 65 years, is set to start coming down Monday after sitting empty since 1995.",
            "content": "LOUISVILLE, Ohio — The Molly Stark Sanatorium, a tuberculosis hospital that served patients for more than 65 years, is set to start coming down Wednesday after sitting empty since 1995.\nThe massive building near Louisville in Nimishillen Township has... [2405 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/demolition-set-to-begin-at-historic-molly-stark-sanatorium-after-decades-of-abandonment",
            "image": "https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/101227d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2650x1391+0+0/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2Faa%2F8ccdb2534ae0a0705cdda636a8b1%2Fscreenshot-2025-09-25-at-3-42-09-pm.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-06T19:44:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0ab9fe62db2ca75e3ba0b6fca46b1b4f",
                "name": "News 5 Cleveland WEWS",
                "url": "https://www.news5cleveland.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88046b3ef2387daf6fbdc8bd4b65ec35",
            "title": "Sonoma County issues masking order for some health care workers",
            "description": "Facilities subject to the order include skilled nursing facilities, portions of long-term care facilities where nursing care is provided, acute and non-acute rehabilitation facilities, infusion centers, and dialysis centers.",
            "content": "Lea el artículo en español aquí.\nSonoma County’s top health official on Monday issued a mandatory masking requirement for certain health care facilities, a move aimed at curbing the spread of influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses during t... [3003 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/06/sonoma-county-orders-masking-for-some-health-workers-through-march/",
            "image": "https://www.pressdemocrat.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/09/247d4ece-4031-59f4-a701-f16609aba756.jpg?w=1024&h=670",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-06T18:29:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6f6145cc5b70c621f470517ae1de2f55",
                "name": "The Press Democrat",
                "url": "https://www.pressdemocrat.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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