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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": 126162,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "dac7022f4f0095cabbb90b981a2cb99d",
            "title": "As measles spreads, parents remain divided on vaccines. Why : NPR",
            "description": "In South Carolina, some parents embrace vaccines, others opt out. Why do people make such different choices? A mix of politics, distrust and misinformation is pushing neighbors apart.",
            "content": "When Kate Morrow gave birth to twins eight years ago, they were very premature, with compromised immune systems.\n\"We counted on the community to keep our children safe,\" Morrow says. She trusted that her neighbors were vaccinating their children to p... [11890 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/03/14/nx-s1-5734051/measles-outbreak-parents-south-carolina-vaccines",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3500x1969+0+0/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F9b%2Fa5e6b9cc44af8119b912e84eef57%2Fnpr-mike-belleme00051.JPG",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T12:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f6193f93f98983bb96d252dd3562e669",
            "title": "A young dad's colon cancer spread to his lungs with no warning. He says a clinical trial led to a miracle.",
            "description": "Spencer Laird was diagnosed with colon cancer at 26. At 30, he was told it had returned and spread to his lungs, with one tumor the size of a golf ball.",
            "content": "Spencer Laird first noticed blood in his stool when he was 25. His doctor thought it was hemorrhoids caused by his work as a mechanic. Eighteen months later, a colonoscopy found colorectal cancer, which was treated with a surgery that removed 16 inch... [6103 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colon-cancer-clinical-trial-duke-university-immunotherapy/",
            "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/03/04/6e62c8e1-9c7a-465f-ac1c-9c1315da3e14/thumbnail/1200x630/efc0d10689cd3c7e23d8ff62ea41b069/screenshot-2026-03-04-at-2-25-15-pm.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T12:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f78e07e5dc2bfd1eedb691d7aff8224e",
            "title": "‘Banana Poop’ Says A Lot About Your Health - Here’s What",
            "description": "There’s a useful chart that can help you determine if your stool falls into a healthy or not-so-healthy category.",
            "content": "LOADINGERROR LOADING\nHave you ever looked in the toilet after going number two and noticed a banana- or sausage-shaped poop? If your answer is yes, you’re likely doing something right.\nDoctors say folks should aim for certain stool shapes and consist... [5565 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/banana-poop-sausage-colon-gut-health-goog_l_69b2e340e4b0aea6db0c2640",
            "image": "https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/698c8bba1b0000eb094cb9c0.jpeg?cache=7vCVuy2ySl&ops=500_281%2Cscalefit_1200_630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T11:00:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c542a6964d48e539ef831a37e1a7ab14",
                "name": "HuffPost",
                "url": "https://www.huffpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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