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 API

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": 137976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b4b5503c56d1c725595b50ce7304da9c",
            "title": "Ebola one month on: will the latest outbreak in DRC become the most deadly yet?",
            "description": "With more than 670 confirmed cases and over 135 deaths, the disease has yet to be contained amid funding shortfalls, fear and disinformation",
            "content": "When an orphanage in Bunia took in a newborn baby after his mother died from Ebola, the nuns who ran it hoped they were giving the infant a chance for life. The baby survived for only another two weeks. Now four of the nuns who cared for him have fal... [6144 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/drcs-ebola-outbreak-become-the-most-deadly-yet",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2caed084b6b238de3ffa2ba0dfd65b198711bde9/515_0_3996_3196/master/3996.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=cd41c2d1b4ac02b1eaea7ffe54afaa3f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T14:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e3d644f764e2eb3125c4a49a1be1cc77",
            "title": "5 Exercises You Should Do In The Morning, According To Experts",
            "description": "Feel like moving your body when you get out of bed? Fitness pros share the workout moves that are most effective in the a.m.",
            "content": "There are no shortage of reasons why exercising regularly makes you feel good, no matter what time of day you choose to do it. However, if you have flexibility in your schedule, experts argue that an early workout can have positive and lasting effect... [6618 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-exercises-you-should-do-in-the-morning-according-to-experts-goog_l_69fb8445e4b0cb033e4e3c2e",
            "image": "https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5ffdf7be24000033688ae322.jpeg?cache=OhYXBVkIGz&ops=1200_630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T11:00:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c542a6964d48e539ef831a37e1a7ab14",
                "name": "HuffPost",
                "url": "https://www.huffpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "146baf69d684f2e245ab35cefb84df32",
            "title": "2 daylight raccoon attacks within hours have New Jersey town eyeing rabies pellets",
            "description": "Animal Control officers searching the area have not found evidence of the raccoon.",
            "content": "Ridgewood, New Jersey, is dealing with the fallout from two raccoon bites reported hours apart. The incidents sent a child and an adult for preventive rabies care and led officials to weigh an uncommon tactic: distributing oral vaccine bait for wild ... [2356 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/2-daylight-raccoon-attacks-within-105900748.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/697afb92f4f057b676899c0bf0d4889796c4353f7f474b92941ef0e36964db83/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_cool_down_737%2Fe086531b9aa8d1561c0c898c791c714e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T10:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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