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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": 132322,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "02b1a1f6ab72cce5166cc1856baa44c4",
            "title": "Judith Rapoport, psychiatrist who raised awareness of obsessive-compulsive disorder",
            "description": "In her book The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing she argued that OCD was far more common than realised as sufferers were ashamed to admit to it",
            "content": "Judith Rapoport, who has died aged 92, was a leading psychiatrist who rejected Freudian theories based on the workings of the “unconscious mind” to focus on the brain’s biology and its role in mental illness.\nShe was best known for her 1989 book The ... [4761 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/04/12/judith-rapoport-leading-psychiatrist-expert-on-ocd/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2026/04/12/TELEMMGLPICT000477285296_17759980182420_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqdYF4LXiJjfMypgwl0iOpW5R975kbwWra-Je6X71BR84.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T13:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b675eb4478e07b1cfd6b68a2ca33a234",
            "title": "Common drinking habit may quietly triple risk of advanced liver condition",
            "description": "Even occasional binge drinking could triple the risk of advanced liver fibrosis, a new USC study suggests, highlighting the danger of alcohol consumption patterns.",
            "content": "Even occasional binge drinking could triple the risk of a serious liver condition, a new study suggests.\nJust one episode per month was associated with a threefold increase in advanced liver fibrosis in people with underlying metabolic liver disease,... [5126 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/common-drinking-habit-may-quietly-184313395.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/aol_fox_news_articles_947/06f913ead90183abd718d741713d1a16",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T12:41:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d24e733d8170c624efc9f6abde70830",
            "title": "What is creatine?",
            "description": "Myths and misunderstandings prevail concerning creatine's safety profile that experts keep working to clear up.",
            "content": "The health benefits of creatine include strength and muscle enhancement, improved bone, brain and heart health, and help fighting certain neuromuscular conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and muscular dystrophy.\nDespite some advantages, myths ... [3833 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/04/12/creatine-health-benefits-safety/89536900007/",
            "image": "https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/04/09/USAT/89537162007-getty-images-1140109435.jpg?crop=2120,1193,x0,y0&width=2120&height=1193&format=pjpg&auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T12:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8eec8fc7a9ec8be488bc7411d0801c60",
                "name": "USA Today",
                "url": "https://www.usatoday.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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