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": 136734,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ca1718cb684cc2553dc312aab90bed29",
            "title": "Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking",
            "description": "The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.",
            "content": "The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, officials said.\nAfter more than a month at sea, the ship, the MV Hondius, arrived at the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, the larg... [1617 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/world/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship-canary-islands.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/10/multimedia/10int-cruise-arrival-HFO-vgtb/10int-cruise-arrival-HFO-vgtb-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T06:50:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6c924635d7ca83480bcd15b3d00e81af",
            "title": "Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife, passengers expected to return home",
            "description": "The cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak is approaching the Spanish island of Tenerife, where its 147 passengers are expected to disembark in a carefully managed repatriation operation involving multiple nations.",
            "content": "The cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak has arrived at the Spanish island of Tenerife, where its 147 passengers are expected to disembark in a carefully managed repatriation operation involving multiple nations.\nMV Hondius will ancho... [2688 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship-tenerife-arrive-hnk-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2275355939.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T04:20:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b4baf26c173b15f2b5be3cd824b2eea2",
            "title": "Hantavirus outbreak: American oncologist who became cruise ship's de facto head doctor speaks to ABC News",
            "description": "After the MV Hondius' doctor contracted the hantavirus, one American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers.",
            "content": "After the doctor on the cruise ship MV Hondius contracted the hantavirus, an American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers navigate the outbreak.\nDr. Stephen Kornfeld, an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, told ABC News that he quickly rea... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/american-oncologist-cruise-ships-de-facto-head-doctor/story?id=132815895",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/76e70ccf-4f31-4d83-a5df-381183ddd240/dr-steve-kornfeld-ht-jt-260509_1778364213931_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T22:33:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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