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": 130226,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b9fc58712ac5119b5304cedb5c419ebd",
            "title": "Do Supplements Help You Sleep? Here’s What to Know.",
            "description": "New data show that 1 in 8 Americans are using sleep aids such as magnesium, melatonin or C.B.D.",
            "content": "One in eight American adults is regularly taking some kind of sleep aid, like a supplement or an over-the-counter drug, to help them fall or stay asleep, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nDr. Sujay Kansagr... [1243 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/well/sleep-supplements-magnesium-melatonin.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/28/multimedia/WELL-SLEEP-MEDS1-pvfc/WELL-SLEEP-MEDS1-pvfc-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T17:30:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "684b5a8b0dbaade7d5019af85a89ac7b",
            "title": "My Kid Can Be a Handful. But He Doesn’t Deserve the Label My Family Has Given Him.",
            "description": "He's innocent!",
            "content": "Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here.\nDear Care and Feeding,\nMy wife and I have a 5-year-old son, “Archer,” whom I will admit can be a handful at times. Last month, we attended my s... [3857 chars]",
            "url": "https://slate.com/advice/2026/04/parenting-advice-family-function-ban.html",
            "image": "https://compote.slate.com/images/954a3089-8bf0-4c00-b5d0-a35c9dbfbae5.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T17:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c8e1cfcb970c5e9a0a496c6b603e74b2",
                "name": "Slate",
                "url": "https://slate.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "156267036b5ac1d49aaf3c73bd955750",
            "title": "Scientists Say “Grandma Brain” Is Real - Here’s What That Means",
            "description": "A grandparent's love is truly like nothing else. Scientists explain what \"grandma brain\" is and what exactly causes that unique emotion.",
            "content": "My son-in-law recently introduced me to his friend the following way: “This is Kate. She’s an interesting person and a good conversationalist … unless Anne is in the room. In that case, don’t even try.”\nAnne is my toddler-aged granddaughter, and I am... [6839 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/scientists-grandma-brain-real-means-194400158.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/1D9E30DD18041C581A6DA6728523ED5347592BA72AD24A7035244ECF71BF00C1/subgraphmysterio/resizefill_w1200_h602;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_good_housekeeping_154%2Fd1df65fb6503c984af8801c9666013c7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T16:18:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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