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": 133538,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "99ec5c6ae16034d768a3cd772f28dfe0",
            "title": "Does the Carnivore Diet Eliminate Visceral Fat?",
            "description": "He claimed in a video on social media that the diet could quickly eradicate visceral fat, which accumulates around the organs. Is that true?",
            "content": "In a recent video posted on X, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that by following a carnivore diet, he had nearly eliminated a dangerous type of fat from his body.\nAfter an M.R.I. a year ago revealed that his “organs were covered with visc... [1644 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/well/eat/carnivore-diet-visceral-fat-rfk-jr.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/21/multimedia/21WELL-KENNEDY-CARNIVORE1-kjqw/21WELL-KENNEDY-CARNIVORE1-kjqw-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T15:03:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d11a5c1d38fdb2bcaf4bf4f789fe7e3",
            "title": "3 Brain Habits That Are Damaging Your Intelligence, By A Psychologist",
            "description": "Most people don’t realize these everyday habits are working against their own capacity for brilliance. Here’s how they might be undermining your intelligence.",
            "content": "We live in what’s possibly the most cognitively stimulating era in human history. More information is available to us in a single afternoon than most people encountered in a lifetime a century ago. And yet, complaints about poor memory, difficulty co... [7378 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2026/04/21/3-brain-habits-that-are-damaging-your-intelligence-by-a-psychologist/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/69e629408e8f26111d2484b5/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&crop=3248,1828,x0,y221,safe&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T12:30:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b54ed897e67a0846e7cb583b0b3aec25",
            "title": "4 Things to Do Before 9 A.M. If You’re Trying to Lose Weight, According to Dietitians",
            "description": "Rise and shine!",
            "content": "Reviewed by Dietitian Karen Ansel, M.S., RDN\nKey Points\nPrioritize 7-9 hours of sleep to regulate hunger, metabolism and support weight-loss goals.\nStart your day with water to boost metabolism, aid digestion and reduce cravings.\nChoose a high-protei... [6488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/4-things-9-m-trying-120000924.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/MxeNBlGIaXx5PNmF_2SjGw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/aol_eating_well_articles_739/efe4234fc122a47e9a9c3130dad55ac8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T12:13:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4ff2d0fa568705d6b87ce5c9e310a16d",
                "name": "AOL.com",
                "url": "https://www.aol.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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