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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": 2332924,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Doctors sound alarm on cancer surging in young men that 90% don't know about",
            "description": "Scientists at Ohio State University found that despite the cancer rising among young men, few were aware that the disease could strike at a young age.",
            "content": "Doctors are sounding the alarm over a lack of awareness about a cancer that is rising quickly among young men.\nTesticular cancer is the most common form of the disease among men aged 20 to 40 years, and affects nearly 10,000 men every year.\nBut an Oh... [5420 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14816863/doctors-alarm-cancer-surging-young-men.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/16/16/99420131-0-image-a-21_1750088180829.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-16T18:17:16Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Harvard prof turns to private equity to counter Trump research cuts",
            "description": "Turkish private equity firm commits $39 million to support research by Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, with option to invest in future drug candidates from his lab.",
            "content": "Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud . You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngel... [1109 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/harvard-lab-to-be-financed-by-39-million-from-private-equity-firm-from-turkey/",
            "image": "https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/L1A3445-1024x576.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-16T17:03:48Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "statnews.com",
                "url": "https://www.statnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Outbreak fears at Dulles International Airport as passenger with world's most infectious disease triggers alert",
            "description": "The infected traveler passed through Concourse A, took transportation to the International Arrivals Building (IAB), and transited through the baggage claim area.",
            "content": "Health officials have warned of a potential measles outbreak at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.\nA passenger arriving on an international flight tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory illness, which is currently rip... [4147 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14817039/scare-US-airport-infected-passenger-measles.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/16/14/96024917-0-Health_officials_have_warned_of_a_potential_measles_outbreak_at_-a-9_1750079475218.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-16T13:23:13Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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