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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 APIAPI 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": 121832,
"articles": [
{
"id": "81a9334e9ebfa71673cd027ea57bab22",
"title": "Health chief's concerning three-word message as world's most infectious disease rips across CA",
"description": "California is sounding big alarms as measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, races through pockets of unvaccinated communities.",
"content": "California is sounding big alarms as measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, races through pockets of unvaccinated communities.\n“That’s ridiculously infectious,” warned Dr. Sharon Balter, the Director of the Acute Communicable... [2224 chars]",
"url": "https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/health-chiefs-concerning-three-word-message-as-worlds-most-infectious-disease-rips-across-ca/",
"image": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/measles-9.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-10T02:24:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "9d7e5ab9f28d430ac851e2b94640216c",
"name": "New York Post",
"url": "https://nypost.com"
}
},
{
"id": "60e991cfbc493fcfd1d737dfb33f8de8",
"title": "Brain 'Stretching' Is The Secret to Protecting Your Mind From Dementia",
"description": "WASHINGTON (AP) – \"Exercise your brain,\" experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia.",
"content": "WASHINGTON (AP) – \"Exercise your brain,\" experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia.\nBut how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.\nDo a crossword puzzle a day, and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research incre... [4660 chars]",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-stretching-is-the-secret-to-protecting-your-mind-from-dementia",
"image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/03/brain_stretching_header.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-10T00:58:16Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
"name": "ScienceAlert",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
}
},
{
"id": "59bd7ec21df411c48e90bd4b91c787d2",
"title": "This Is Why ‘The Pitt’ Needs to Get Out of the ER",
"description": "The Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles said the acclaimed medical drama “flatlined” in its second season on “Obsessed: The Podcast.”",
"content": "The Pitt, HBO’s most-watched original series of the year, is in critical condition, and The Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles is reaching for the defibrillator.\n“It’s flatlining,” Coles told Obsessed: The Podcast host Kevin Fallon on Monday about the acclai... [2693 chars]",
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how-hbos-most-popular-show-the-pitt-became-so-boring/",
"image": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/H3445A4VQJB3PIUQIFEMQPIXOA.jpg?smart=true&auth=ec71448295cef6ec6d0d0c9944eca71650d273df0576a4ab0a1f01f220c8f5b7&width=1200&height=630",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-09T23:28:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "e3fd974e36370d094fc026102a75c80f",
"name": "The Daily Beast",
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com"
}
}
]
}