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": 139050,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8919bcd9d8b0d4f4daf719922c2c85a5",
            "title": "As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments",
            "description": "The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.",
            "content": "As the Ebola outbreak spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, health workers are rushing to provide supportive care, hoping that some patients will recover on their own, while isolating the sick and tracing contacts of the infected.\nM... [1342 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/science/ebola-vaccines-treatments.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/01/multimedia/01SCI-EBOLA-VACCINES-01-wgmh/01SCI-EBOLA-VACCINES-01-wgmh-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T01:38:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b25faca65de0260f2a0bfa7caceaf80",
            "title": "5 People Leave Hantavirus Quarantine in Omaha",
            "description": "Thirteen people remain at the facility in Nebraska. Those who returned to their home states may be under constant surveillance for three more weeks.",
            "content": "Five Americans who had been quarantining at a medical facility in Omaha for possible hantavirus exposure returned to their home states on Monday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.\nThey have been placed under constant monitorin... [1510 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/hantavirus-quarantine-omaha-nebraska.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/01/multimedia/01nat-hantavirus-quarantine-ftgk/01nat-hantavirus-quarantine-ftgk-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T01:06:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec2c569ca77422574e059fa830c8c69d",
            "title": "The Return of Blaming and Shaming in Public Health",
            "description": "For years, medicine has tried to eliminate stigma. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing back the language of personal responsibility.",
            "content": "In a CBS News interview last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, offered a little parable about American sickness. “If you want to eat doughnuts all day or drink sodas, that’s your choice,” Mr. Kennedy said, before musing, “Should you ... [1366 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/well/public-health-stigma-shame-rfk-jr.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/01/well/01WELL-IDEAS-STIGMA-image/01WELL-IDEAS-STIGMA-image-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T00:22:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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