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": 135538,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ee8da70339beccbd661892aa23657811",
            "title": "Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality",
            "description": "Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24, on the remote island of St. Helena, nearly two weeks after the first passenger died.",
            "content": "MADRID — Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to trace others who may have come into cont... [6682 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814632/passengers-left-ship-hantavirus-st-helena",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2160x1215+0+113/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2F3a%2F23835897445788e2e359154ac881%2Fap26126635628911.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T18:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "090223f0383a8c676f3e3c9a5ba869e5",
            "title": "Cuáles son los cambios sutiles en el habla que podrían anticipar la demencia antes que la pérdida de memoria",
            "description": "Un informe de The Telegraph reunió estudios y análisis de especialistas que relacionaron ciertas modificaciones en la fluidez verbal y en la construcción de las oraciones con posibles señales tempranas de enfermedades neurodegenerativas",
            "content": "Las dificultades para recordar nombres, encontrar una palabra en medio de una conversación o ciertos olvidos asociados a posibles síntomas tempranos de demencia suelen relacionarse con el paso del tiempo. Muchas personas interpretan estos episodios c... [5541 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.infobae.com/salud/ciencia/2026/05/07/cuales-son-los-cambios-sutiles-en-el-habla-que-podrian-anticipar-la-demencia-antes-que-la-perdida-de-memoria/",
            "image": "https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/JDMUYQ3PLRCS5AVD33FDM73EQ4.png?auth=94315fa992facd22cde7de7d4b3c3c199f393069d26709b3cb5b9313ec6570a8&smart=true&width=1200&height=630&quality=85",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T15:12:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "32b61a562295a89bd1b5b9b4fc2ff364",
                "name": "Infobae",
                "url": "https://www.infobae.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "77e56992f2d8e123e4a5822d592b0b3d",
            "title": "About Half of Patients with Metastatic Lung Cancer Don’t Get Treatment, Study Finds",
            "description": "New drugs have made America’s deadliest cancer more treatable than ever. So why aren’t they reaching patients?",
            "content": "More than half of patients with metastatic lung cancer don’t receive life-extending treatments, like chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy, a new study found. While the research couldn’t pinpoint why, experts suggest a constellation of bar... [1861 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/well/metastatic-lung-cancer-study.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/07/well/07WELL-CANCER-TREATMENT-GAP-image/07WELL-CANCER-TREATMENT-GAP-image-facebookJumbo.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T15:01:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "nytimes.com",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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