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United States Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from United States with our JSON API.
Get API key for the United States Health News APIAPI 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": 132240,
"articles": [
{
"id": "e2d1660525b8689ff57f891668de1d9c",
"title": "U.S. Passengers Exposed to Hantavirus Begin Quarantine, Including One With Positive Test",
"description": "Eighteen people from a cruise ship that faced an outbreak are being monitored at medical facilities in Nebraska and Georgia. One tested positive for the Andes virus, health officials said.",
"content": "The waiting has begun.\nEighteen American passengers who might have been exposed to hantavirus while aboard a cruise ship returned to the United States on Monday, health officials said.\nSixteen were isolating at a special quarantine center in Omaha, i... [1531 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/americans-hantavirus-ship-quarantine-nebraska.html",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/11/multimedia/11nat-hanta-hospital-jhkt/11nat-hanta-hospital-jhkt-facebookJumbo.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-11T18:52:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "728a88ea1832d3debd73cfec21103624",
"title": "Live updates: Americans from Hantavirus-hit cruise arrive in US",
"description": "Americans from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, have arrived in Nebraska for evaluation at a quarantine unit. Follow for live updates.",
"content": "A Spanish passenger currently in isolation at a hospital in Madrid has tested positive for hantavirus after a preliminary test, according to Spain’s Health Ministry.\nThe man, who was PCR tested on arrival yesterday, is currently asymptomatic and in g... [14962 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/us/live-news/hantavirus-cruise-outbreak",
"image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/still-22613127-0-still.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-11T18:24:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
"name": "CNN",
"url": "https://www.cnn.com"
}
},
{
"id": "0c145e973ebbf07d00ba7221d43c757c",
"title": "Pediatricians say schools need to make time for recess for kids of all ages",
"description": "For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages.",
"content": "Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages.\nThat’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured... [3342 chars]",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/recess-american-academy-pediatrics-kids-schools-0dd47c0392edb58f6c6086d72433560e",
"image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/e7f7648/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3838+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F45%2F55%2F21585a45b047ae36efa0242bf06a%2F5326ca88539d41ff9bf55bc8ddb4bdf1",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-11T14:38:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
"name": "AP News",
"url": "https://apnews.com"
}
}
]
}