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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": 126966,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2912a89a01654ebf43e155f84d69c07f",
            "title": "Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia",
            "description": "The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.",
            "content": "Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted on Wednesday that the keto diet could cure schizophrenia — an unfounded claim that experts say vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help patients... [1475 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/kennedy-keto-diet-schizophrenia.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/05/multimedia/05dc-rfk-keto-photo-khmv/05dc-rfk-keto-photo-khmv-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T21:29:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "43e09b341a800e13ff3b9960c1a3251a",
            "title": "Adult with measles visited grocery stores, restaurant, animal shelter in Northern Virginia",
            "description": "An adult from Northern Virginia has contracted measles, marking the commonwealth’s fifth case of the contagious virus this year.",
            "content": "An adult from Northern Virginia has come down with the measles, marking the commonwealth’s fifth case of the contagious virus this year.\nWhile the latest case was confirmed in an adult, the prior four patients have been children ages 4 or younger, ac... [2945 chars]",
            "url": "https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/02/adult-with-measles-visited-grocery-stores-restaurant-animal-shelter-in-northern-virginia/",
            "image": "https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Measles_Outbreak_Explainer_94875-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T20:37:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "be56a24e3eb718f62ca69f2fcc5fe66d",
                "name": "WTOP",
                "url": "https://wtop.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5e6f6648b720bc93bbc0eb840e7c5d08",
            "title": "Measles outbreak in Mexico prompts health alert in World Cup host Jalisco",
            "description": "The Mexican state of Jalisco has issued a health alert and mandated face masks in schools due to a measles outbreak in the state capital",
            "content": "ZAPOPAN, Mexico -- The Mexican state of Jalisco on Thursday issued a health alert and mandated the use of face masks in schools as a measles outbreak hit the state capital, a key host city for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup.\nThe measures come on th... [2508 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/measles-outbreak-mexico-prompts-health-alert-world-cup-129892256",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/0cca4d93-9afe-4790-99c8-208f29d243e7/wirestory_7af7f612db487976c1e6e4a4936f0b7d_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T19:17:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5ca536331c246cd7f693cdb2cceaff8c",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://abcnews.go.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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