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": 136688,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b4baf26c173b15f2b5be3cd824b2eea2",
            "title": "Hantavirus outbreak: American oncologist who became cruise ship's de facto head doctor speaks to ABC News",
            "description": "After the MV Hondius' doctor contracted the hantavirus, one American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers.",
            "content": "After the doctor on the cruise ship MV Hondius contracted the hantavirus, an American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers navigate the outbreak.\nDr. Stephen Kornfeld, an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, told ABC News that he quickly rea... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/Health/american-oncologist-cruise-ships-de-facto-head-doctor/story?id=132815895",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/76e70ccf-4f31-4d83-a5df-381183ddd240/dr-steve-kornfeld-ht-jt-260509_1778364213931_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T22:33:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83060b3b4f335f0ed7c7cc8b41a71b89",
            "title": "Passengers Will Disembark Sunday-Including US Travelers Who Tested Negative (Live Updates)",
            "description": "There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.",
            "content": "Topline\nPassengers on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship will soon be evacuated in an operation that will be directly observed by the World Health Organization’s director-general, who said Saturday travelers will be taken to their respect... [16287 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/09/hantavirus-cruise-passengers-will-disembark-sunday-latest-updates/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/69f9ef336956accb35324d50/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T21:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f929edaf554bbfcfc15cab18cf961f0c",
            "title": "WHO director arrives in Canary Islands to oversee hantavirus cruise evacuation: \"This disease is not COVID\"",
            "description": "More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.",
            "content": "World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Tenerife Saturday to personally oversee the painstaking process of evacuating more than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly... [4284 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hantavirus-cruise-evacuation-world-health-organization-hondius-canary-islands/",
            "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/07/4e8526ed-17b6-484a-be5d-07ce8aaa8cf8/thumbnail/1200x630g2/086f9ac03a9f7433c84b31b5423a612f/gettyimages-2274223011.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T20:55:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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