Flag of United States

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": 117828,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b2bb3de32b1066111f391d2f14551253",
            "title": "Kennedy reassigns head of CDC vaccine committee",
            "description": "U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced the head of his controversial vaccine advisory committee.",
            "content": "NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial vaccine advisory committee will be meeting later this week under a new chairperson, federal officials announced Monday.\nMartin Kulldorff is leaving the Advisory Committee on ... [5166 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/cdc-acip-martin-kulldorff-vaccines-a1f8135eb1360be0dbf407f3d316ab80",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/5094e69/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5631x3167+0+293/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5c%2Fc4%2F8c076c63bf1399f81ec90912c0bb%2Fa73bfd6e2d294cd6914d87730d489722",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T17:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1afde41cb23c3a634311a5116bf4955d",
            "title": "New study finds promising path toward HIV cure",
            "description": "Antiretroviral drugs that prevent HIV and keep it in check have been transformative, but a cure has been a long sought goal.",
            "content": "A small, highly anticipated study shows a glimmer of hope in the long effort to control HIV without medication and search for a cure for a virus that attacks immune cells.\nResearchers gave 10 people with HIV a complex regimen of experimental immunoth... [324 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/12/01/hiv-cure-research/",
            "image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KRWV2ZEC6DHMDWPOXOMNY5C3W4_size-normalized.jpg&w=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T16:22:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
                "name": "The Washington Post",
                "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ad559cecc250e8c6d354b4ad8a368e67",
            "title": "She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life.",
            "description": "“Bubble boy disease” was once a death sentence. A scientific breakthrough changed that.",
            "content": "A common cold was enough to kill Cora Oakley.\nBorn in Morristown, N.J., with virtually no immune system, Cora was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare genetic condition that leaves the body without key white blood cells.\nIt’s bette... [1681 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/well/bubble-boy-disease-gene-therapy.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/12/02/well/WELL-BUBBLE-BOY4-copy/WELL-BUBBLE-BOY4-copy-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T14:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories