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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": 129142,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "32c27579fc3747e696d1d9c6e4342337",
            "title": "Bird Photography Could Be Good for Your Brain",
            "description": "A new study shows that birding can have neurological benefits and bird photography should offer these same benefits.",
            "content": "Newly published research shows that birding may have dramatic benefits for people’s neurological health as they age, and there’s good reason to believe the same benefits extend to an adjacent, popular hobby: bird photography.\nAs NBC News reports, the... [2210 chars]",
            "url": "https://petapixel.com/2026/02/24/bird-photography-could-be-good-for-your-brain/",
            "image": "https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2026/02/bird-photography-brains-featured.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T23:09:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7c9bbb3c4e144038df75cf7bda3c256e",
                "name": "PetaPixel",
                "url": "https://petapixel.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f359d6d2c2e5305a8af2fa1b2e78f3d4",
            "title": "California program sends birthday cards to babies treated for botulism",
            "description": "The California program that identifies and treats cases of dangerous infant botulism also comforts families by sending silly cards on their babies' first birthdays.",
            "content": "The California program that provides the world’s only medical treatment for potentially deadly infant botulism also offers traumatized families hope of a different sort – silly cards on their babies’ first birthdays.\nEvery year, staff at the state’s ... [3339 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/infant-botulism-birthday-cards-byheart-edfff66fda0c9db88edd66258b4c76df",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/01fc8d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1012x674+0+0/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fda%2F04%2F88223a569b0caeb9d6d895660382%2F77ae1a7ef3be4e0eb5aac979148ec659",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T22:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "Associated Press News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f19065f3d712eea77db86973ed1e7314",
            "title": "Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 6 to 979",
            "description": "Feb 24 (Reuters) - Measles cases in South Carolina surged to 979 on Tuesday, state health data showed, including six additional infections since Friday.",
            "content": "Feb 24 (Reuters) - Measles cases in South Carolina surged to 979 on Tuesday, state health data ‌showed, including six additional infections since Friday.\nHere ‌are some details:\n* Officials have warned that the widening outbreak could ​last weeks or ... [1123 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/measles-cases-south-carolina-rise-181725014.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/reuters.com/d052d5bfd7603fe080fea6793b2f63fe",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T18:24:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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