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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": 131490,
"articles": [
{
"id": "4d60264faebb90347b7bf74e4386ec7d",
"title": "Blood test detects 90% of aggressive prostate cancer cases compared to standard screenings",
"description": "Stockholm3, a new blood test, detected 90% of aggressive prostate cancer cases compared to 74% for the traditional PSA test, a new clinical study found.",
"content": "NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\nA new test could make it easier to detect high-risk prostate cancer cases earlier.\nThe blood test, called Stockholm3, is showing promise in clinical trials, beating out the traditional, standard prostate-sp... [3548 chars]",
"url": "https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-blood-test-detects-90-aggressive-prostate-cancer-cases-beating-current-screenings",
"image": "https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/06/older-man-at-doctor.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-27T13:00:46Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a8408ad388422503ac33101396026891",
"name": "Fox News",
"url": "https://www.foxnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "0b202dd060e5a30b7b0e202e777f2b5c",
"title": "You've been told you shouldn't scratch that itch. Is that true?",
"description": "You scratched that bug bite and now it's a big itchier bump. Some science explains why scratching really can make things worse, even if you don't break the skin.",
"content": "WASHINGTON (AP) — You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad?\nA lot of things can cause itchiness, sometimes serious diseases. Whatever the caus... [4708 chars]",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/scratch-itch-mosquito-rash-antihistamine-23f9217afac22f78ebd43c9aa4efa90a",
"image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/a3d989c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4555x3035+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F36%2F7a%2F149f4a6aa785d7ef092383c660b7%2F4310d5bd24bb4479ba5f6659df7ba2cd",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-27T11:51:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
"name": "AP News",
"url": "https://apnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "f0977c11d839ca39c7d32c4d8caec25a",
"title": "US may have lost a ‘crown jewel’ of public health",
"description": "The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. But experts now say ongoing outbreaks have probably ended one of the nation’s biggest public health successes.",
"content": "A quarter-century ago, the United States eliminated measles. Today, it’s effectively lost that status.\nSo say an increasingly large number of scientists, including a public health expert who this week published an essay for one of the best known infe... [6260 chars]",
"url": "https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/measles-vaccine-united-states-us-22319350.php",
"image": "https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/66/53/74/31113008/3/rawImage.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-27T11:00:54Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "cbba24773c54211d6fcf9e5bf2ab9d9d",
"name": "San Francisco Chronicle",
"url": "https://www.sfchronicle.com"
}
}
]
}