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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": 123734,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3e879ee24405f99b4a36bb56662e7024",
            "title": "I'm newly married. What my single friend expects me to continue doing with her is pathetic.",
            "description": "I need to get her off my back.",
            "content": "Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here.\nNew from Slate’s advice family: Unhinged, a monthly dating column. Part advice, part investigation. Read the first edition now.\nDear Prudence,\nI am a 30-year-old newlywed living in a stat... [11456 chars]",
            "url": "https://slate.com/advice/2026/04/marriage-advice-newly-married-single-friends.html",
            "image": "https://compote.slate.com/images/42c4fac9-55d5-40a3-b37f-dc5dd7774246.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c8e1cfcb970c5e9a0a496c6b603e74b2",
                "name": "Slate",
                "url": "https://slate.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "271dac50f874b8b1a1ae7e3a5b1c5db7",
            "title": "Tech Bros Hacked Their Diets. Now You May Be Doing It, Too.",
            "description": "With seeds, supplements and gadgets (but little expert guidance), Americans of all stripes are seeking wellness through what they eat.",
            "content": "Two decades ago, biohacking was a fringe movement. It comprised a small group — mostly young men in the tech industry with significant disposable incomes — who believed they could treat their bodies like experiments, collecting data and finding ways ... [1913 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/dining/biohacking-diets.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/01/multimedia/01fd-biohacking-05-hqmb/31fd-biohacking-05-hqmb-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T03:27:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "980eb0e040e541629c95080da6488368",
            "title": "I Tried Creatine for a Year-My Results Shocked Me",
            "description": "As a health editor for the past 30 years, I’ve seen trends come and go. I’ve reported on (and tried!) plenty of them, from Atkins and keto to fasting, Peloton and more. So when I saw influencers raving about creatine, claiming the supplement (a compound the body uses to fuel muscles) would help me build",
            "content": "As a health editor for the past 30 years, I’ve seen trends come and go. I’ve reported on (and tried!) plenty of them, from Atkins and keto to fasting, Peloton and more. So when I saw influencers raving about creatine, claiming the supplement (a compo... [3626 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/tried-creatine-results-shocked-170059565.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/aol_womans_world_388/9ab38573b27b3edb8d188d126b9aebf8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T01:52:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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