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United States Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from United States with our JSON API.
Get API key for the United States Health News APIAPI 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": 137728,
"articles": [
{
"id": "1a945283a2d9e7ba14bb6ee8a9463a7b",
"title": "After new drug’s ‘unprecedented’ results for pancreatic cancer, doctors look at other uses",
"description": "The experimental drug daraxonrasib, which doubled survival time in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, may also prove effective for lung, colon and ovarian cancers.",
"content": "Every single patient with advanced pancreatic cancer who walked into Dr. Zev Wainberg’s office told him they would rather take an experimental medication than endure another round of chemotherapy.\nWainberg, co-director of UCLA Health’s GI Oncology Pr... [7573 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-drugs-unprecedented-results-pancreatic-cancer-doctors-look-uses-rcna346818",
"image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-05/260529-Pancreatic-cancer-morepills-aa-336-157e85.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-31T12:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
"name": "NBC News",
"url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "35cdf0c980ca471f8cfdafd8d7f6b206",
"title": "More than 300 sickened after Salmonella outbreak confirmed at New York correctional facility",
"description": "Inmates began reporting symptoms to medical staff on May 25.",
"content": "More than 300 people at the Broome County Correctional Facility in New York became sick after an outbreak that officials initially suspected was norovirus.\nHealth authorities now say testing shows the illness spreading through the jail is actually Sa... [2132 chars]",
"url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/more-300-sickened-salmonella-outbreak-032000312.html",
"image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/KHOJ3HncvfouTmvZuGPgyQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_cool_down_737/73fdcac63d33d0e795837398691f7ef4",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-31T03:20:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
"name": "Yahoo",
"url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
}
},
{
"id": "a25af6538b6082fd7df57d7d9d6dc9e1",
"title": "Allergy seasons merge on Long Island causing 'double whammy'",
"description": "\"With particularly cold winters and an early spring, everything sort of pops at once,\" said one allergy specialist.",
"content": "Long Island allergy sufferers: the spring was as bad as you thought it was. Now get ready for summer.\nThis weekend, both tree and grass pollen will be high as the seasons start to transition with longer, warmer days.\nThe spring was particularly diffi... [2963 chars]",
"url": "https://www.newsday.com/news/health/allergy-season-spring-summer-dpz7enmz",
"image": "https://cdn.newsday.com/ace/c:ODk3NTEzMzEtOGYwOC00:MTkzNzkxMWItNGM4YS00/landscape/1280",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-31T02:52:17Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "847ba807d273dbc89c0c9d430c45d661",
"name": "Newsday",
"url": "https://www.newsday.com"
}
}
]
}