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": 138036,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "70a1e9c63b44abbb200af5487078ec9b",
            "title": "The truth about how chiggers bite skin is horrifying",
            "description": "Two words to wreck your summer: skin straw.",
            "content": "Summer is here, and just as we are shedding layers and welcoming the sunshine, insects are lining up to feast on our flesh.\nWhile ticks and the scary diseases they carry are among the most fearsome of warm-weather insects, another tiny pest is making... [2596 chars]",
            "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/health/the-truth-about-how-chiggers-bite-skin-is-horrifying/",
            "image": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/newspress-collage-yuwy9yrw3-1781885154358.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1781870809&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T11:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d7e5ab9f28d430ac851e2b94640216c",
                "name": "New York Post",
                "url": "https://nypost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "60917858204d9f34e7b22c7ebf1fa948",
            "title": "Australia confirms first case of bird flu as virus reaches every continent",
            "description": "Australia was previously the only continent where the H5N1 bird flu strain had not yet been found.",
            "content": "The H5N1 strain of bird flu has for the first time been found in Australia, the country's agriculture ministry confirmed. It means the highly contagious variant has now reached every continent.\nThe disease was found in a migratory seabird, a brown sk... [1859 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gykxklvl5o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4be1/live/ab172e90-6c51-11f1-9c25-e3d7dad7dcd5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T03:12:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "985c4429a0a93e1f31ab69ae90ec6085",
            "title": "At least 30 dead in Congo camp as Ebola outbreak raises alarm",
            "description": "BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo >> At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented and, because of the symptoms, could indicate Ebola is spreading fast there.",
            "content": "BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo >> At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented and, because of the symptoms, could indicate... [4528 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.staradvertiser.com/2026/06/19/breaking-news/at-least-30-dead-in-congo-camp-as-ebola-outbreak-raises-alarm/",
            "image": "https://www.staradvertiser.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/web1_20260619_brk_ebo01.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T02:47:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "50186fc7c293eceaf1f78420942a62f3",
                "name": "Honolulu Star-Advertiser",
                "url": "https://www.staradvertiser.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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