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": 139404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7808773839251635b858f2787d042892",
            "title": "WHO scales back number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo, but front-line medics say major challenges remain",
            "description": "While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases \"have been cleared out,\" the WHO says.",
            "content": "The United Nations' World Health Organization significantly scaled back on Tuesday the number of suspected Ebola cases in central Africa, lowering it to 116 from more than 900, with 330 total cases confirmed.\nThe WHO said that as of May 31, there wer... [2828 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-congo-uganda-who-suspected-cases/",
            "image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/06/02/21a8a450-119e-4852-9d36-ddf4396d2e5d/thumbnail/1200x630/6876e32a18a7ac49e6e11ef88c3e21c8/ebola-congo-medical-workers.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T14:11:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb0a6b12c384f875d4cc3d52acca4e3e",
            "title": "Alertan por la enfermedad de Chagas y la chinche besucona",
            "description": "Puede afectar distintos órganos cuando no se recibe atención médica oportuna",
            "content": "Ciudad Juárez.- Personal de la Secretaría de Salud del Estado exhortó a la población a reforzar las medidas de prevención contra la enfermedad de Chagas, un padecimiento causado por el parásito Trypanosoma cruzi que puede afectar distintos órganos de... [2797 chars]",
            "url": "https://diario.mx/juarez/2026/jun/01/alertan-por-la-enfermedad-de-chagas-y-la-chinche-besucona-1120714.html",
            "image": "https://diario.mx/core/dmx/assets/images/2026/06/01/middle-110-sClRkKtSN.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "3152ec51cfb5ab390dc4739249a809cd",
                "name": "diario.mx",
                "url": "https://diario.mx"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c43949499a9b5793a8b57d36e5e4be8d",
            "title": "Google applies for permit to release 32 million mosquitoes in Calif.",
            "description": "Google's Debug Project wants to use sterile mosquitoes to stop the deadly bug from reproducing.",
            "content": "Squashing bugs is the goal of every tech company, but typically not the blood-sucking kind. Google wants to do both.\nIn a permit filing with the Environmental Protection Agency, Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes in California and Florida... [3005 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-mosquito-project-22286789.php",
            "image": "https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/66/34/44/31050002/3/rawImage.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T11:05:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f3497478737428233039eeb8595ff60",
                "name": "SFGATE",
                "url": "https://www.sfgate.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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