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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": 118388,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "60f2f173a0f1bf9a02a76a9418443f96",
            "title": "MAHA Caps Off 2025 With Measles Cases in Top Airports",
            "description": "RFK Jr.’s movement managed to make history—in the wrong way.",
            "content": "The Make America Healthy Again movement gave Americans the gift of measles exposure for the holidays, two states’ medical authorities are warning.\nThe New Jersey Department of Health (NJDPH) and the Massachusetts Department of Health (DPH) both warne... [2875 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/maha-caps-off-2025-with-measles-cases-in-top-airports/",
            "image": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/3ZKWBDNUAVAJFGDTRFJIVYS47M.jpg?smart=true&auth=971479a057803f7549b82bf4f926a453a756969b7a1c2c995470c58675e75876&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-31T19:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e3fd974e36370d094fc026102a75c80f",
                "name": "The Daily Beast",
                "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2d6c2d96bbec23b2266cde72a1167948",
            "title": "Dr Oz Just Shared A Take About The Flu Shot That Has Doctors Calling \"Bullsh*t\"",
            "description": "\"He should tell that to the 250 people in the emergency room at my hospital last night.\"",
            "content": "Megan Liscomb\nWed, December 31, 2025 at 6:07 p.m. UTC\n2 min read\nA new variant of influenza, dubbed the \"super flu,\" is going around. According to data from the CDC, hospitalizations for the flu have nearly doubled in just a week as cases surge.\nSo p... [2602 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dr-oz-just-shared-flu-180723755.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/wVLdqjrAwEpYiNJCRcIKag--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03OTc7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/9329768948eca06aa724774777dcf40b",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-31T18:07:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "983e45e0946a1335b4383f6156f105ec",
            "title": "N.J. is having one of the worst flu seasons in America right now as cases surge",
            "description": "New Jersey is among a small group of states with “very high” flu activity, according to newly-released numbers. Nationwide, hospitalizations nearly doubled in a single week.",
            "content": "If you made it through the holidays without a fever, cough or body aches, you may have dodged New Jersey’s early flu surge — for now.\nThe Garden State was already among a small group of states with “very high” flu activity last week and is now at the... [1827 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2025/12/nj-is-having-one-of-the-worst-flu-seasons-in-america-right-now-as-cases-surge.html",
            "image": "https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/MPQ44OK3TZGFZICHZP7HJNUZVA.jpg?auth=7bcccee6aac091c5207c0c2596831a9ce0490fcebd4830c871212a748c1efda1&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-31T17:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c77b047cb1d19e99490315d05f5fec0f",
                "name": "NJ.com",
                "url": "https://www.nj.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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