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": 124912,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ff93dc14673ba94b89f0ddfc145e365b",
            "title": "Is Sleeping on Your Left Side Bad for Your Heart? A Doctor Shares the Truth",
            "description": "When your head hits the pillow, you may be wondering about another part of your body: your ticker. Is sleeping in a certain position, like on your left side, bad for your heart? We asked a leading cardiologist to weigh in on the debate and separate fact from fiction, including the far greater risk to",
            "content": "When your head hits the pillow, you may be wondering about another part of your body: your ticker. Is sleeping in a certain position, like on your left side, bad for your heart? We asked a leading cardiologist to weigh in on the debate and separate f... [4071 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/sleeping-left-side-bad-heart-150047560.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/0A922B05D59B6F8E7F19A8F283B5B910876F2B42413C4CEEC56F9F0CBAED4AD0/subgraphmysterio/resizefill_w1200_h675;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_womans_world_388%2F4b6461736c1948476dbd93639b4a0c96",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T22:11:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "35f93b4b911d7cfa03192b3c4d148e85",
            "title": "Alerta por posible expansión de enfermedad contagiosa durante el Mundial 2026",
            "description": "La OPS pidió reforzar la vacunación y vigilancia epidemiológica.",
            "content": "La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) advirtió que la circulación del sarampión en América mantiene un “riesgo constante” de nuevos brotes y señaló que el desplazamiento de millones de personas durante el Mundial 2026 en Estados Unidos, Cana... [4311 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/mundo/notas/alerta-por-posible-expansion-de-enfermedad-contagiosa-durante-el-mundial-2026/",
            "image": "https://www.primerahora.com/resizer/v2/NCMDGWSCKZEZVDVX3RWYXKHJEA.jpg?auth=bfc2900109d7cb62930e9637b42e2f1955ba28216ffd6179369a27a225854abd&quality=75&width=1200&height=717&focal=2644%2C1575",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T20:57:42Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "0ff9d9aa3439f245d940177440bfe1dd",
                "name": "Primera Hora",
                "url": "https://www.primerahora.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fde9bd59469faf83c4455d27b17a97a7",
            "title": "A Common Stomach Bug Has Become Harder to Treat",
            "description": "A growing share of shigella infections are drug-resistant, the C.D.C. warns in a new report.",
            "content": "Infections caused by drug-resistant shigella — a diarrhea-causing bacteria — have increased in recent years, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has warned.\nThese strains, which are called extensively drug-resistant, or XDR, do not re... [1550 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/well/drug-resistant-shigella-xdr.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/22/well/WELL-SHIGELLA-UPDATE1/WELL-SHIGELLA-UPDATE1-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T19:50:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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