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": 141432,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f9437f78297ec839fedae7148ac1bedc",
            "title": "Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine",
            "description": "A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.",
            "content": "Around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to a vaccine which protects against cervical cancer, according to analysis published in the Lancet.\nThe first study of its kind showed that deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls we... [4059 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/05ea/live/bb292b00-697a-11f1-a63b-a7cb529e1ca8.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T23:01:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bcaeb2a65aaa79e9ba5a91774ea1d387",
            "title": "Little-Known ‘Syndrome’ Causes Distress Among Some Women",
            "description": "One woman’s viral video sparked debate over a phenomenon called “sad nipples.”",
            "content": "Lifestyle\n'BUTTON OF DESPAIR'\nLittle-Known ‘Syndrome’ Causes Distress Among Some Women\nOne woman’s viral video sparked debate over a phenomenon called “sad nipples.”\nMillions of women are discovering they may share a strange symptom they once assumed... [4524 chars]",
            "url": "https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com/sad-nipple-syndrome-causes-distress-among-women/",
            "image": "https://media.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/2HAI5U7E7ZF6DEORYE54BPETMA.jpg?auth=a327fe097c63c5b489e06392c715cf06cb3c66cebf63923b304e3ef05bda8e0d&width=1200&height=630&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T21:55:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95ca2a57d07860ec9dcbd29c9c057777",
                "name": "The Daily Beast",
                "url": "https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "12d3ef5000373768b31a3ee26a00f2d2",
            "title": "Trial Drug Could Clear Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins and Restore Memory",
            "description": "Researchers uncovered an unexpected way to restore the brain’s cleanup network, hinting at a fresh strategy against dementia.",
            "content": "A copper-based drug could offer a new route to tackling Alzheimer’s disease, after researchers found it reduced toxic proteins in the brain while improving memory in laboratory studies.\nScientists at Monash University reported that the compound, know... [4358 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/trial-drug-could-clear-toxic-alzheimers-proteins-and-restore-memory-12084568",
            "image": "https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2221046857.jpg?w=1200&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T20:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "389e06bc0d6d2d0a24d8532126e94ccb",
                "name": "Newsweek",
                "url": "https://www.newsweek.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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