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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": 126280,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0562ee6267370b6833896b8e7e0fd73e",
            "title": "Most Preventable Cancers Are Linked to Just Two Lifestyle Habits",
            "description": "It's easy to feel powerless against cancer, but a new study has identified several ways that we can reduce the odds of it occurring.",
            "content": "It's easy to feel powerless against cancer, but a new study has identified several ways that we can reduce the odds of it occurring.\nAccording to new analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO), more than a third of all cancer cases globally ar... [2662 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/most-preventable-cancers-are-linked-to-just-two-lifestyle-habits",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/CancerCell.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T01:44:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e3c4d6b48d0ab9e75990cad263404d0e",
            "title": "Health officials warn against raw milk after newborn's death",
            "description": "Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy.",
            "content": "A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said.\nNew Mexico officials this week warned people to avoid consuming unpasteurized dairy products following the de... [1551 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/raw-milk-listeria-newborn-death-new-mexico-4ecff6ed1d3a53cf248bb1a6e1c1e318",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/6e33727/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5184x3454+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F63%2Fe0%2F684d18048d5d84220a7ee8889624%2F30358c8c5002491a83c492b68253ca36",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T01:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec3d18b540728a5e138ceec1966bf546",
            "title": "Experimental cholesterol-lowering pill may offer new option for millions",
            "description": "A new kind of pill sharply reduced cholesterol in people at high risk of heart attacks despite taking statins.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON (AP) — A new kind of pill sharply reduced artery-clogging cholesterol in people who remain at high risk of heart attacks despite taking statins, researchers reported Wednesday.\nIt’s still experimental but the pill helps rid the body of cho... [3031 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/cholesterol-merck-enlicitide-ldl-statin-pcsk9-f7383ce62b2e406841fbe6303fac6b20",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/63429a5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1533x1021+0+0/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ff5%2Fa8%2F17dbc956142e51906291ec7d55a8%2F4b8559c8214c4468a79b1799c4250e18",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T22:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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