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": 140254,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8d03d6fd158901c93240a9e076689b0f",
            "title": "'It's still working': More are living with cancer as era of targeted drugs takes hold",
            "description": "By Deena Beasley June 3 (Reuters) - Cathy Smithwick, now 67, has lived with breast cancer, and then ovarian cancer, for more than 20 years with the help of targeted drugs, drugs that harness the",
            "content": "By Deena Beasley\nJune 3 (Reuters) - Cathy Smithwick, now 67, has lived with breast cancer, and then ovarian cancer, for more than 20 years with the help of targeted drugs, drugs that harness the body's immune system, chemotherapy and hormone pills.\nM... [4931 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/still-working-more-living-cancer-100452429.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/479b919f2c088dbcfd4cd301ba9ed0189eaef4d3de1cbaa7d0c1a571a9059d2b/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w600_h800;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Freuters.com%2F6c205c8daac0fddc90acd9053834d9f9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T13:16:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "edd387ba93cb30edd093efdc92653dfc",
            "title": "How TikTok Is Helping Some People Process Their Grief",
            "description": "On “grieftok,” some influencers have amassed large followings by sharing their experiences with unimaginable loss.",
            "content": "Kait Granger grew up learning to read cues. Her father physically abused her mother and emotionally abused her, she said, and detecting subtle shifts in his mood helped her know whether they were safe. But in 2019, after Ms. Granger graduated from co... [2242 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/well/live/grief-tiktok-instagram.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/27/multimedia/WELL-GRIEF-INFLUENCERS1-qpgw/WELL-GRIEF-INFLUENCERS1-qpgw-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T09:00:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9419bba2ad5ff966f95c6f005a62988d",
            "title": "Worrying COVID 'cicada' variant spreads as US maps go dark",
            "description": "Cuts to one of America's major disease surveillance programs could threaten public health, experts say, as COVID 'cicada variant spreads.",
            "content": "Federal funding cuts for one of America's major infectious disease surveillance programs could threaten public health responses, experts say, sparking widespread concern, particularly as a newer variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S.... [7568 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/worrying-covid-cicada-variant-spreads-as-us-maps-go-dark-12019859",
            "image": "https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1287289827-Custom.jpg?w=1200&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "389e06bc0d6d2d0a24d8532126e94ccb",
                "name": "Newsweek",
                "url": "https://www.newsweek.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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