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": 142014,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "59d5f630023af1dfd557b9186169301b",
            "title": "linked infection serves as 'wake",
            "description": "On Wednesday, Berkeley city officials said a person died in May after contracting leptospirosis months after they issued a warning on the disease.",
            "content": "Months after Berkeley warned residents that rats carrying leptospirosis had been found near a homeless encampment in the city’s Harrison Street corridor, officials have confirmed the city’s first human cases in more than a decade, including one fatal... [2950 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/berkeley-death-rat-infection-22301680.php",
            "image": "https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/66/42/71/31075906/3/rawImage.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T22:30:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f3497478737428233039eeb8595ff60",
                "name": "SFGATE",
                "url": "https://www.sfgate.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "65a4ebd77023b48e91fd907611af03a2",
            "title": "Rare 'stealth infection' found at Bay Area prison",
            "description": "Hantavirus, a \"stealth infection,\" made recent headlines after an outbreak on a cruise ship.",
            "content": "Officials at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center confirmed they are investigating a potential case of hantavirus after an individual exhibited symptoms associated with the deadly respiratory disease.\nTests are being sent to the California Department of... [3584 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-hantavirus-22300995.php",
            "image": "https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/66/42/66/31075734/3/rawImage.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T21:34:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f3497478737428233039eeb8595ff60",
                "name": "SFGATE",
                "url": "https://www.sfgate.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c14b45810a09d440812b299181604be",
            "title": "Amid social media challenge, calls to poison centers for Benadryl among teens more than double this year than last",
            "description": "America's Poison Centers says calls involving diphenhydramine among teens have more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year.",
            "content": "Calls to poison centers involving diphenhydramine -- the active ingredient in Benadryl and some over-the-counter sleep aids -- and teens in the first five months of 2026 were more than double compared with the same period last year, according to a he... [2108 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/Wellness/amid-social-media-challenge-calls-poison-centers-benadryl/story?id=133796755",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/14b7c7b8-4ada-460c-9dc7-b1ec51d573a7/benedryl-gty-er-260611_1781209306592_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T21:20:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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