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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": 122450,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9cb74065504c8c314a9e0f5db8b37475",
            "title": "Simple Amino Acid Identified as Perhaps the Difference Between Life and Death from Illness",
            "description": "The first thing they noticed was that the infected mice were not eating as much—a sign of likely metabolic changes.",
            "content": "Not all diseases are caused nutrient deficiencies, but they often do come with one.\nA deficiency of vitamin D, for example, is found most cases of illness, from cancer to upper-respiratory tract infections to sepsis and osteoporosis.\nRecently, resear... [4593 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/simple-amino-acid-identified-as-perhaps-the-difference-between-life-and-death-from-illness/",
            "image": "https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Disease-trajectory-credit-Salk-Institute-released.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T14:00:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4d339eeef5321bac8c6a14d1f1ee8abf",
                "name": "Good News Network",
                "url": "https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c7c949f9f3e5381632dc4162e3459862",
            "title": "Biological Aging May Be Slowed by Eating This Nutrient",
            "description": "Health experts how diet plays a role in slowing down biological aging, and which nutrients make the biggest difference.",
            "content": "As life expectancy continues to rise in many parts of the world, living a long, healthy life has become increasingly attainable. While genetics and overall lifestyle play important roles, nutrition can influence biological aging—the process by which ... [9268 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eatingwell.com/this-nutrient-slows-biological-aging-11893397",
            "image": "https://www.eatingwell.com/thmb/HlFdAvnLNz4oN8IzNfdfSnBPptQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Biological-Aging-May-Be-Slowed-by-Eating-This-Nutrient-cd1a99293fc643b183187af38a8aa918.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T14:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8ea0a307a295d86b01fd8cbcceed42d6",
                "name": "EatingWell",
                "url": "https://www.eatingwell.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f67c2718d8320c6ea263cd6c7062d63a",
            "title": "Scientists Think They Found a Way to Boost Your Immune System-and Slow Down Your Aging",
            "description": "While the fabled fountain of youth may not actually exist, a new type of therapy now does.",
            "content": "\"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.\"\nHere’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:\nThe immune system function declines with age, but a team of MIT researchers may have found a way to reju... [3765 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-think-found-way-boost-133000163.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/oRnCY39YnppVHLWPeXTqpQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/popular_mechanics_642/20d64fe4a296e2d8ef03e7f7b14611c0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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