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": 134976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9d73e4adc2c1c15a5c741433d726bd39",
            "title": "'A medical crisis'",
            "description": "Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit.",
            "content": "Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit.\n“The rate of rectal cancer seems to be increasing more than two to three times c... [4706 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rectal-cancer-rates-deaths-rising-millennials-30s-40s-rcna341389",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-05/240502-colonoscopy-ch-0941-22f106.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T04:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "182eab6f5f7320d19d0994cb254b334c",
            "title": "Man dies after calling GP three times failed to get him the 'urgent help' he needed",
            "description": "Joshua Haines, 30, was found dead at his home in Leeds three days after calling a GP three times to raise concerns he could be suffering from a form of diabetes",
            "content": "Joshua Haines, 30, was found dead at his home in Leeds three days after calling a GP three times to raise concerns he could be suffering from a form of diabetes\nA man who repeatedly told a doctor he feared he had life-threatening diabetes died just d... [3475 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-dead-after-calling-gp-37056983",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37057003.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/3_SDC_MDG_-_24377JPG.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T01:20:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6044ff766ef559d8d7c4ce175e8d7505",
            "title": "Autoridades suspenden publicación de estudio sobre vacuna contra el COVID",
            "description": "Revelaría que la vacuna redujo a la mitad las visitas a urgencias y las hospitalizaciones.",
            "content": "Las autoridades sanitarias estadounidenses detuvieron la publicación de un estudio sobre si la vacuna COVID-19 evitaba que los adultos enfermaran lo suficiente como para tener que acudir al hospital.\nUn portavoz del Departamento de Salud y Servicios ... [3181 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/autoridades-suspenden-publicacion-de-estudio-sobre-vacuna-contra-el-covid/",
            "image": "https://www.primerahora.com/resizer/v2/MNSLLA5WHNA2HOLWVMP35NVIG4.jpg?auth=d0a3c9b3ae4e5e24d14647613968b5c5ba3355af301c70a46e6f7b69decdf80e&quality=75&width=1200&height=717&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T21:23:29Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "0ff9d9aa3439f245d940177440bfe1dd",
                "name": "Primera Hora",
                "url": "https://www.primerahora.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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