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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": 122232,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3154169a03e674053f1a8789c8304b79",
            "title": "New 'keto pill' mimics popular diet without giving up carbs",
            "description": "Bloom Science has developed an experimental drug it says reproduces the metabolic effects of the keto diet — without any restrictions on the food you love.",
            "content": "Will it be the best thing since sliced bread?\nKeto is a high-fat, moderate-protein and low-carb diet designed to plunge the body into ketosis, where it burns fat instead of carbs for fuel.\nDieters often shed up to 10 pounds the first two weeks — main... [2902 chars]",
            "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/health/new-keto-pill-mimics-popular-diet-without-giving-up-carbs/",
            "image": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/crop-38720740_adb051.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T11:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d7e5ab9f28d430ac851e2b94640216c",
                "name": "New York Post",
                "url": "https://nypost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0ead5a16beaf8edf020f6f3bf753af41",
            "title": "These diseases were thought to be incurable. Now AI is unlocking new treatments",
            "description": "Artificial intelligence is rapidly inventing new drugs for diseases from Parkinson's disease and antibiotic-resistant superbugs to rare lung conditions.",
            "content": "Artificial intelligence is inventing new drugs against Parkinson's disease, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and many rare diseases – progress that many scientists never dreamed possible.\nFor around half a century, humanity has been slowly losing its b... [13542 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260309-ai-is-finding-treatments-for-incurable-diseases",
            "image": "https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p0n5lbl5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24efa05f6005fef9ef34cf61b013142c",
            "title": "Scientists reveal secret to reversing cognitive and physical decline in old age",
            "description": "Large minority of people aged 65 and above see cognitive and corporeal improvements – especially among those with 'age-positive' beliefs",
            "content": "A degree of deterioration of the mind and body as we reach old age is part and parcel of life, but it may not be a linear trajectory from the vigour of youth to the decrepitude of antiquity, with new research indicating mental and physical declines c... [3721 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ageing-physical-mental-health-geriatric-elderly-people-b2935314.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/03/09/12/03/iStock-2161904486.jpg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T09:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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