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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": 2379868,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f10fa4babf32df74f803aafa04323f78",
            "title": "5 Ways Ginger Is Good For Your Health, According to Science",
            "description": "From warming winter teas to zesty stir-fries, ginger (Zingiber officinale) has long been a kitchen staple.",
            "content": "From warming winter teas to zesty stir-fries, ginger (Zingiber officinale) has long been a kitchen staple.\nBut beyond its culinary charm, this spicy root has a rich history in traditional medicine – and modern science is catching up.\nStudies now show... [6335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/5-ways-ginger-is-good-for-your-health-according-to-science",
            "image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/08/sliced_ginger_header.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-23T01:01:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
                "name": "ScienceAlert",
                "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f49ed3efa221960f1581ff8cb43cdeb",
            "title": "Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s",
            "description": "The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range.",
            "content": "Four men in Georgia, all living in the same county, mysteriously became infected with a potentially deadly soil bacterium that's normally found in the tropics and subtropics, particularly Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The four cases were tie... [1594 chars]",
            "url": "https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/two-men-fell-gravely-ill-last-year-their-infections-link-to-deaths-in-the-80s/",
            "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages_Burkholderia_CROPPED-1152x648.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-22T22:28:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344add8dabb753d03641ce9f246787ad",
                "name": "Ars Technica",
                "url": "https://arstechnica.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e378210b8740ae035ebbc332c551a29f",
            "title": "Ob/gyn group recommends Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy, another major group to break from CDC",
            "description": "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week.",
            "content": "Vaccines Respiratory viruses Maternal health Women's health See all topics Follow\nThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional m... [4626 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/health/covid-vaccine-pregnancy-acog-recommendations",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-186366120.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-22T21:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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