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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": 122968,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8e6ac380f544574a4bcc64734d9bf502",
            "title": "Her heart was so enlarged it filled her whole chest. Here’s how surgeons saved her",
            "description": "Taliyah Symonette's rare heart defect went untreated for years before doctors at Corewell Health performed emergency surgery.",
            "content": "GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pain and exhaustion were building inside Taliyah Symonette’s body.\nBorn with a hole in her heart, the 21-year-old grew up accustomed to shying away from sports and other activities that left her easily winded. But after years of ma... [5534 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/02/her-heart-was-so-enlarged-it-filled-her-chest-heres-how-surgeons-saved-her-life.html",
            "image": "https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/LVROQUPEZBCOLJTKGHFVA5RM5Y.JPG?auth=a196c9243668badebaded90566bab1915d655e25b76a06608071dfb9c6dbc469&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T13:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "349619173d4bbb88fb22aec4d9e6abf7",
                "name": "MLive.com",
                "url": "https://www.mlive.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5671c487daa80ea660a8782bb4079f5c",
            "title": "Woman shares unlikely survival journey after migraines led to glioblastoma diagnosis: \"I am truly an outlier\"",
            "description": "Becca Valle, then 37, enrolled in a cutting-edge clinical trial after surgery removed an aggressive tumor from her brain.",
            "content": "Becca Valle didn't understand why she kept having aching headaches. She was happy at a new job. She was living with her boyfriend and happy to be near her family. She had recently checked a major item off her bucket list by running a marathon. All in... [6427 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-unlikely-survival-journey-migraines-glioblastoma-diagnosis/",
            "image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/01/30/16059472-7228-4332-9cca-46bc3e9ea259/thumbnail/1200x630/c19e971d581fc5d2bbbaaaf4695dbad7/screenshot-2026-01-30-at-11-24-41-am.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T13:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "cbsnews.com",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1b67cf3ce4af62a47155da8fb2172c66",
            "title": "They're cured of leprosy yet still live in leprosy colonies : NPR",
            "description": "Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.",
            "content": "Alamelu, a gray-haired woman who wears a bright pink sari and a gap-tooth smile, has lived in the Kalvari Nagar leprosy colony in India for 22 years and another colony before that.\nHer family sent her away when she was only 12 years old after she was... [9177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/g-s1-108321/leprosy-india-colony",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5712x3213+0+536/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F52%2F04%2Fae23947b4cf08b740268c99045f1%2Fleprosy-38.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T12:52:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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