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": 137894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2e70e51e3fb56e276890e6bd630448c0",
            "title": "Rabid Bat Found Near Sidewalk in Residential California Area Sparks Fears of Exposure to Fatal Disease",
            "description": "There are currently no known human or animal exposures associated with the incident on Tuesday, May 26",
            "content": "NEED TO KNOW\nA rabid bat was found near a sidewalk in the area of Palo Verde Common in South Fremont on Tuesday, May 26\nThere are currently no known exposures associated with the discovery of the rabid animal\nThe Fremont Police Department is encourag... [2625 chars]",
            "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rabid-bat-found-near-sidewalk-155106909.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/m_mCbSi95lEngY0LLQWAQg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/14df24797f3e6e0b1d80a67611864b26",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T15:51:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "63e8b8305a4f2da1ae366a2ec1999561",
                "name": "Yahoo News UK",
                "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "eaf87f6c844dbb11904f6eeef7a374dc",
            "title": "Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer",
            "description": "A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON — A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.\n\"While not curing the cancer, it is a very larg... [4231 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/31/nx-s1-5841859/experimental-pill-new-hope-pancreatic-cancer",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x1688+0+25/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F66%2Fb698569a4450bac72b74524b879c%2Fap26149630402286.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T13:00:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ef25fb2bcd5d283296ab30f973b0d351",
            "title": "Brazil identifies 2 possible Ebola patients, as WHO reports some recoveries in Congo",
            "description": "The WHO said these five cases exemplify that recovery from the illness is possible, even without approved treatments or vaccines.",
            "content": "Brazilian health authorities are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, officials said, sparking further concern of the deadly virus outbreak in central Africa spreading abroad.\nA 37-year-old man from th... [4422 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-ebola-patients-recovered-who-chief-treatment-center-opens-eastern-congo/",
            "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/31/4e456029-e2d0-4662-8837-c2528c9d97d1/thumbnail/1200x630/75f183884f5e3ef7804cd12fdd1c06ca/ap26151393336195.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T12:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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