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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": 2107934,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "US doctor warns that eating chia seeds like this can land you in the hospital",
            "description": "Chia seeds have surged in popularity as a superfood, lauded for their nutritional benefits. However, consuming them dry poses risks, as highlighted by",
            "content": "However, there's a caveat!\nHow to plate your meal, as per Ayurveda\nSigns of an unhealthy gut by Dr. Ishi Khosla\nIt won't be wrong to say that chia seeds are nature's version of a multivitamin pill, metaphorically, of course! A few years ago, hardly a... [3041 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/chia-seeds-us-doctor-warns-that-eating-chia-seeds-like-this-can-land-you-in-the-hospital/articleshow/120680701.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-120680677,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-1653856,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-28T00:53:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Dietary Changes Women In Their 40s Need To Make",
            "description": "\"The decisions we make at midlife will affect our health in our older years.”",
            "content": "If you’re a woman who’s in her mid-40s, you’ve probably witnessed a number of fad diets and nutritional holy grails over the past few decades. Now that you’re (just a little bit) older and wiser, you’ve likely settled into a pattern of eating that wo... [2299 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliekendrick/women-dietary-needs-after-40-sc",
            "image": "https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-08/23/19/enhanced/7a70f90fc616/original-534-1692818323-3.jpg?crop=1244:829;0,0&resize=1250:830",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-28T00:21:02Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "BuzzFeed",
                "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Your Kidneys Deserve Better -- These 13 Superfoods Can Help",
            "description": "Want healthier kidneys? Start with these 13 easy food swaps.",
            "content": "Most people know you can live a healthy life with just one kidney, but not everyone realizes how important your kidneys really are. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in seven adults in the United States has... [5616 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/your-kidneys-deserve-better-these-13-superfoods-can-help/",
            "image": "https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/c7b81214d924ff097098f56ca34553ceb6bd9102/hub/2025/02/17/10e50852-3a69-4afa-ad25-00b084d8d5e0/gettyimages-1476821126.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-27T22:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CNET",
                "url": "https://www.cnet.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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