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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": 132090,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8cb35a1b250a5e74e2e0b9a100c3f66a",
            "title": "Cause of death for Austin Beutner's 22-year-old daughter revealed",
            "description": "Former L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner's daughter's death was ruled a suicide caused by a combination of active compounds from the herbal substance kratom and prescription anti-psychotic and antidepressant medications, according to the L.A. County medical examiner.",
            "content": "The death of Emily Beutner, the daughter of former Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner, was the result of a combination of active compounds from the herbal substance kratom and prescription anti-psychotic and antidepressant medications, accordin... [2377 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-20/cause-of-death-for-austin-beutners-22-year-old-daughter-revealed",
            "image": "https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fffefee/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3150+0+425/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc2%2F75%2F5d3db60f473f999906eefb9b98f4%2F1526216-mayor-candidate-austin-beutner-ajs-04.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T02:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c4fa75a787f2ec713503abb3f822104",
                "name": "Los Angeles Times",
                "url": "https://www.latimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0405d80b5d4113854733786003ae4a91",
            "title": "21 Medical Mysteries Doctors Still Can't Explain",
            "description": "\"I was in hospital once and about to be put under sedation. I casually asked how anesthesia works, to which the anesthetist replied, 'We don't actually know.'\"",
            "content": "\"Almost All Of It Is Guesswork\": Doctors Are Sharing What We Still Don't Understand About The Human Body, And It's Completely Blowing My Mind\n\"I was in hospital once and about to be put under sedation. I casually asked how anesthesia works, to which ... [7908 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/medical-mysteries-doctors-dont-understand",
            "image": "https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2026-02/25/22/thumb/5u6Opkytd6.jpg?crop=1250:654;0,131%26downsize=1250:*",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T01:31:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b697b2aa95a614f8ec47e331bf4afa20",
                "name": "BuzzFeed",
                "url": "https://www.buzzfeed.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86698299dbc5f0d3b5d1731fad3893fc",
            "title": "You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of",
            "description": "Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.",
            "content": "There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your brain. If that’s not startling enough, researchers re... [4763 chars]",
            "url": "https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/03/youre-likely-already-infected-with-a-brain-eating-virus-youve-never-heard-of/",
            "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/images_250633_ff1-1024x648.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-20T22:11:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344add8dabb753d03641ce9f246787ad",
                "name": "Ars Technica",
                "url": "https://arstechnica.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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