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": 138340,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "65cc1d6ffd30f3c2fb6bce64c0ce9a5e",
            "title": "3 medical routines that older people may not need",
            "description": "Recently, investigators have taken on questions about common skin lesions that probably don’t need to be removed, a widely used thyroid medication that many…",
            "content": "By Paula Span for KFF\nEnough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.\nShe was in “re... [7723 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/25/800043306/health/3-medical-routines-that-older-people-may-not-need/",
            "image": "https://www.dailykos.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/AP19044255115408-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T13:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fccdaf9da659a74f535b1ca81304ae2a",
                "name": "Daily Kos",
                "url": "https://www.dailykos.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e8f83dc0d29f5ecdfbbcf227e8dd1265",
            "title": "Black Women’s Fear Around Childbirth In America Is Valid",
            "description": "\"I repeatedly said something was wrong, but my concerns were dismissed.”",
            "content": "I almost died in childbirth.\nAs a college freshman, I learned I was pregnant during a physical while attempting to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Eight months later, when I arrived at the hospital to deliver my baby, the attending physician examined me and... [5178 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-maternal-mortality-health-fear_n_6a1088cee4b0bb04cec6736f",
            "image": "https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6a10af7314000048dc029189.png?cache=1i4GetUrkH&ops=500_281%2Cscalefit_1200_630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T12:01:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c542a6964d48e539ef831a37e1a7ab14",
                "name": "HuffPost",
                "url": "https://www.huffpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "81a81715a21e6bb370ab878b16846a1d",
            "title": "Build short movement breaks into your daily routine",
            "description": "Sitting all day may be killing us, but taking quick breaks may be the way to save ourselves — and become more productive.",
            "content": "Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take I... [6462 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/health/body-electric-breaks-manoush-zomorodi-wellness",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/c-gettyimages-2264847017.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T12:00:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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