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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": 127608,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0df0414feca829eb7bc4ffd6312aaf7b",
            "title": "Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots",
            "description": "One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.",
            "content": "Members of the federal vaccine panel chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are setting their sights on the next targets: the mRNA Covid shots, and vaccines offered to pregnant women.\nThe panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization... [1312 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/06/multimedia/06HS-acip-bchk/06HS-acip-bchk-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T15:00:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "feefd4d53d352bd3bbae712cdad20c82",
            "title": "Former FDA commissioner: Vaccines prevent long-term effects of viruses - The Washington Post",
            "description": "For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects.",
            "content": "Scott Gottlieb is a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He serves on the boards of Pfizer and United Health Care.\nWhen I was 33, I discovered a squishy lump beneath my left arm. At the time, I was deputy commissioner of the Food ... [302 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/06/viruses-vaccines-ebv-lymphoma-measles-fda-commissioner/",
            "image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Y5ZMFXGNVTUQ5B3JC6ZZNEMV3Q.jpg&w=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T14:16:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
                "name": "The Washington Post",
                "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "48c047667053a45988ba8e85e1f1c80b",
            "title": "mental illness, treatment, and tragedy",
            "description": "Two new lawsuits paint a picture, in terrifying detail, of how the health system failed Lindsay Clancy and her family.",
            "content": "The civil suits make for pretty terrifying reading. This was not a case of someone in denial about her mental illness, or who resisted treatment, or didn’t know how to get it. Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse at MGH, recognized the seriousness of h... [6824 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/metro/lindsay-clancy-mental-health-treatment-failures/",
            "image": "https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PS2ZJXSSGT3NYT2SWEREJWINVQ.JPG?auth=0241b36a1d89365e183d6a5f6c6f7ceee489b5f09934248beefbd2ce5f8891d5&width=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T13:35:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4f5ad96a550eaec82f7b44d0fa63d19e",
                "name": "The Boston Globe",
                "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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