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": 139018,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "543bc1adf45d4c379567a84c183083e5",
            "title": "Journal Retracts Controversial Study Claiming Keto Diets Don’t Clog Arteries",
            "description": "A peer-reviewed medical journal has pulled its 2025 paper touting ketogenic diets over selective reporting and misapplied control groups.",
            "content": "Despite questionable benefits for weight loss and a poorly understood propensity for causing weird rashes, the ketogenic diet has remained an article of faith for gym rats, fitness influencers, and ambitious nerds hoping to one day look like they’ve ... [2241 chars]",
            "url": "https://gizmodo.com/journal-retracts-controversial-study-claiming-keto-diets-dont-clog-arteries-2000762661",
            "image": "https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Bacon-Tray-2018-Ketofest-1200x675.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T14:15:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b86966b1ce9f29cc65fd4b3bf0671e5c",
                "name": "Gizmodo",
                "url": "https://gizmodo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d1dfd168211f118b275427464f7438c4",
            "title": "One type of sitting may pose greater dementia risk than another, study suggests",
            "description": "New research suggests the type of sitting matters for dementia risk, with mentally engaging activities linked to a significant reduction in risk.",
            "content": "For years, researchers have believed prolonged sitting could raise dementia risk — but new findings suggest the type of sitting may matter more than previously thought.\nThe research, which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine ... [2747 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/one-type-sitting-may-pose-173240538.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/72A2D693392067F3AB14CA9E561BFD6A37E4A7FB510D705AE7CCEDC017156C7B/subgraphmysterio/resizefill_w1200_h675;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_fox_news_text_745%2F7fa1fac5c952a0daf6eec89d95541025",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T12:33:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0e056ecae039292e06a7a82cbe0c7cd4",
            "title": "I Moved My Mom With Parkinson's Into Our Home. It Became Too Much.",
            "description": "Rachel Stein says caring for her mother with Parkinson's at home became emotionally and physically overwhelming for the entire family.",
            "content": "This story is based on an interview with Rachel Stein, 44, a senior vice president at a healthcare communications firm, from Orange County, California. It has been edited for length and clarity.\nMy 78-year-old mom was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disea... [3886 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/caring-for-mom-with-parkinsons-at-home-2026-5",
            "image": "https://i.insider.com/6a10878d51ede568c7e1786c?width=1200&format=jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T11:08:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3349d5cc8abff1623266825fbe6b0f68",
                "name": "Business Insider",
                "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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