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United Kingdom Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from United Kingdom 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 Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 117682,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "00992e0e2f59a7d64d22223456354409",
            "title": "Head teacher says 170 pupils called in sick in one day",
            "description": "Children and staff struck down with flu and other illnesses at primary school in Northern Ireland",
            "content": "More than 170 pupils at the same school called in sick in just one day, a head teacher has claimed.\nBrian Guthrie, the principal of Ebrington Primary School in Londonderry, said many were suffering from flu and some even had to attend A&E and be admi... [1950 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/05/head-teacher-claims-170-pupils-called-in-sick-in-one-day/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2025/12/05/TELEMMGLPICT000451920364_17649503820370_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq-weEzet2Or8IUM3FK56OVjYCKuBPNPSrfeoZux-EP2c.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T18:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "db80476b0498217a68224c88e4ca2428",
            "title": "Nottinghamshire hospital trust introduces new face mask rules",
            "description": "A statement said the move follows \"an increase in respiratory illnesses\" such as flu.",
            "content": "New face mask rules have been introduced at a Nottinghamshire NHS trust following an \"increase in respiratory illnesses\", including flu.\nSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust has also advised anyone with flu or Covid-like symptoms not to visit its medi... [316 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41l0jzllvo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/548e/live/43b0b5e0-d201-11f0-a892-01d657345866.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T18:30:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ff7d6d8584f55655084c8fab3b467cb7",
            "title": "Surrey wife calls for research funds after husband's brain tumour",
            "description": "Anne McEntee, from Epsom, is appealing for funding after losing her husband to glioblastoma.",
            "content": "A woman whose husband died from brain cancer says the disease \"doesn't have to be a death sentence\" and called for further research funding.\nAnne McEntee, from Epsom in Surrey, lost her husband Tom to glioblastoma - an aggressive type of brain tumour... [962 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9z7yxnev2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/1f91/live/96ea7770-d1f0-11f0-9821-efccbabdc894.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T17:11:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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