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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": 113404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3e18a2b7fc5b07e4ce014c0db32380a7",
            "title": "First measles cases found in central Utah; state's total infections surpass 80",
            "description": "Two cases of measles have been detected in central Utah, and the state now has over 80 cases of the virus.",
            "content": "RICHFIELD — More Utahns are being diagnosed with the highly contagious measles virus.\nThe Central Utah Health Department announced in a news release Monday that two measles cases have been confirmed in residents.\nThe infections mark the first in the ... [2074 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51406822/first-measles-cases-found-in-central-utah-states-total-infections-surpass-80",
            "image": "https://img.ksl.com/slc/3088/308808/30880839.jpeg?filter=kslv2/responsive_story_lg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T13:52:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6486035d1c6580e0b37c6e3b271d2d50",
                "name": "KSL.com",
                "url": "https://www.ksl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "409cbb1cbe27c9a2b803e299e1292416",
            "title": "A new virus variant and lagging vaccinations may mean the US is in for a severe flu season",
            "description": "The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.",
            "content": "The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.\nLast winter’s season was extreme, too. The US had its highes... [7172 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/health/new-flu-variant-subclade-k",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap25259066291775.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T12:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "983a3aa74a79781497c6cd025f3f4479",
            "title": "New flu strain 'subclade K' could herald sharp uptick in cases",
            "description": "A new influenza strain now dominant in the UK may evade some vaccine protection.",
            "content": "“Every winter is a different flu season,” said Barouch. “Some seasons are more severe than others, and in some seasons the vaccines are more effective. It is largely driven by mutations that occur every year in flu.” Those gradual changes, known as a... [2376 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/metro/new-flu-strain-massachusetts-subclade-k/",
            "image": "https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/K7TET7PNMO3HI5WWPFSTQTGRO4.jpg?auth=17ac2704fd3c4498bcaeef6f095b8c899b87bd120e4cacfbca74a886ad2a453c&width=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T11:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f5ad96a550eaec82f7b44d0fa63d19e",
                "name": "The Boston Globe",
                "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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