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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": 128404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2324f3f62ffccd6102cfccdbcea0bb92",
            "title": "Cannabis shows little benefit for most mental disorders, data review finds",
            "description": "Cannabis-based medicines have shown little evidence of effectiveness for treating most mental health \\u200band substance-use disorders, according to a large review of past studies published Monday.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON — Cannabis-based medicines have shown little evidence of effectiveness for treating most mental health ​and substance-use disorders, according to a large review of past studies published in a major medical journal on Monday.\nMedical use of... [2192 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51466956/cannabis-shows-little-benefit-for-most-mental-disorders-data-review-finds",
            "image": "https://img.ksl.com/slc/3148/314888/31488863.JPG?filter=kslv2/responsive_story_lg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T01:40:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6486035d1c6580e0b37c6e3b271d2d50",
                "name": "KSL.com",
                "url": "https://www.ksl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b8d02795033b121f698118630783e686",
            "title": "Scientists revive frozen brain activity in cryosleep leap",
            "description": "Scientists revived brain activity in frozen mouse tissue using a glass-like freezing method, hinting that cryosleep and long-term organ preservation may one day be possible.",
            "content": "Put “Alien” on standby — because science may be inching a tiny step closer to real-life cryosleep.\nIn a breakthrough that sounds ripped straight from a Ridley Scott flick, researchers in Germany have managed to freeze brain tissue to ultra-cold tempe... [4032 chars]",
            "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/03/16/lifestyle/scientists-revive-frozen-brain-activity-in-cryosleep-leap/",
            "image": "https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/newspress-collage-rbhuzxa83-1773692812846.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1773678450&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T21:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d7e5ab9f28d430ac851e2b94640216c",
                "name": "New York Post",
                "url": "https://nypost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "da261d227b46cc2b4eb65b6efab82630",
            "title": "What are your questions about treatment of high cholesterol in younger people?",
            "description": "Treating high cholesterol should start sooner, even among people in their 30s, according to new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and other medical groups.",
            "content": "Treating high cholesterol may need to start sooner, even for people in their 30s, according to new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and other medical groups.\nStatin therapy is recommended, in addition... [439 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/health/cholesterol-treatment-statins-gupta-callout",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-1229302914.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T19:30:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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