Flag of the United States

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": 2191488,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Why Your Hands and Feet Are Always Cold-and What Your Body’s Trying To Tell You",
            "description": "Several common conditions that have similar symptoms could be at play.",
            "content": "Whether you’re lying on the sofa, sitting at work or walking around outside, your hands and feet are always cold. Maybe your partner has commented on this, too, when they held your hand. Maybe you’ve noticed you’re always searching for a pair of sock... [4815 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/why-hands-feet-always-cold-232500962.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/aol_parade_744/1c5b397496f3acb7f1f9e512bed0ec2b",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-19T00:25:48Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Village 'cursed' with extraordinary rates of dementia... and why it holds the key to a cure",
            "description": "For centuries, a small Colombian village has been plagued with a disease that has left them crippled with little to no memory but one person may save them all",
            "content": "For decades, a small Colombian village has been plagued with a disease that's left residents crippled with little to no memory.\nResidents in Yarumal, a town of about 41,500 people in northwestern Columbia, have been suffering from Alzheimer's disease... [5743 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14716639/Village-cursed-extraordinary-rates-dementia-holds-key-cure.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05/16/22/98457491-0-image-a-33_1747430514066.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-18T23:56:12Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "The seemingly small health symptoms doctors say you shouldn’t ignore",
            "description": "With modern trends of overworking, poor sleep routines, or general life stress, exacerbating a wide variety of symptoms, Mike Bedigan spoke to two medical professionals about the ones that they think you really should be getting a second opinion on",
            "content": "Have you ever had a weird ache that had you umming and ahhing about whether to book a doctor’s appointment? Or wondered if you need to get this probably minor thing checked out?\nOur modern lives of overworking, poor sleep routines and general life st... [7236 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/seven-seemingly-small-health-symptoms-124404528.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/aol_the_independent_us_877/99cc5a8a3ddbe3c4b8fa6a3684668174",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-18T22:39:49Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories