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": 126224,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f392aec8b800aab9826d46a4ec5c08e8",
            "title": "Senior Golden Retriever Takes Herself for a Walk While Waiting at the Vet",
            "description": "Waiting at the doctor’s can feel like a long time, even on a good day. Now, imagine being a senior Golden Retriever at the vet with nothing to do but sit still. That’s clearly not Tequila’s style. Over on @ourdailydoseoftequila, this gentle girl decides she’ll handle the waiting her own way, and honestly, it’s hard […] The post Senior Golden Retriever Takes Herself for a Walk While Waiting at the Vet appeared first on DogTime.",
            "content": "Waiting at the doctor’s can feel like a long time, even on a good day. Now, imagine being a senior Golden Retriever at the vet with nothing to do but sit still. That’s clearly not Tequila’s style. Over on @ourdailydoseoftequila, this gentle girl deci... [1691 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/senior-golden-retriever-takes-herself-134601304.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/38B7954FBFE8FBA4007AE32257199E42407A252EF14C39C641BAA557DF10F9CE/subgraphmysterio/resizefill_w640_h360;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_dog_time_446%2F657e0d7d6c983fdc76da3f361e530b9b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T16:50:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4b608a7b4a2342a7767b86710c45a00f",
            "title": "A Dangerous Bacteria Is Moving Up the East Coast. Here’s What That Means for You",
            "description": "Warming waters are pushing the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria up the Atlantic coast. Experts explain who's at risk and how worried you really need to be.",
            "content": "Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of disinfectant solution surrounded them on the white sand; their gloved hands juggled test tubes while layers of rubber and plastic shielded their skin from the elements. As ... [19585 chars]",
            "url": "https://gizmodo.com/a-dangerous-bacteria-is-moving-up-the-east-coast-heres-what-that-means-for-you-2000750005",
            "image": "https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/01/raw-oysters-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T13:00:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b86966b1ce9f29cc65fd4b3bf0671e5c",
                "name": "Gizmodo",
                "url": "https://gizmodo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b08c56965598125b06bc93a04537175",
            "title": "South Carolina Measles Outbreak Ends After Sickening Nearly 1,000",
            "description": "It was the largest outbreak in recent U.S. history.",
            "content": "A large measles outbreak in South Carolina that sickened nearly 1,000 people, a vast majority of whom were unvaccinated children, was declared over on Sunday.\nThe outbreak, which began in October and became the largest since measles was eliminated in... [1542 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/well/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-ends.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/26/multimedia/26WELL-SC-OUTBREAK-END2-ltbm/26WELL-SC-OUTBREAK-END2-ltbm-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T09:00:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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