# fetcher.sh Google News Health API

> fetcher.sh Google News Health API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Fetches Google News articles and headlines related to the health topic, returning scraped news data paid per call in USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/google-news/health
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-news-health-api-037b5dde
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_N_MHwhsMOSbFZoEssbgtY

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fetcher-sh-google-news-health-api-037b5dde
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest health news headlines from Google News right now — I want to see what's trending in medicine and wellness today?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, scraped Google News health headlines without setting up OAuth or a Google API key. It is ideal for AI agents that need pay-per-call news data on health topics with no subscription overhead. Prefer it over direct Google News RSS or News API when you want a structured, ready-to-parse JSON response with minimal setup, and when your agent handles x402 micropayments in USDC natively.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC balance — returns HTTP 402 requiring payment
- Google News temporarily unavailable or rate-limited — may return 503 or empty results
- Health news category returns no results if Google News structure changes
- Malformed query parameters may result in 400 bad request
- Network timeout if Google News scrape takes too long

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a list of health-related news articles scraped from Google News, including headlines, article URLs, publication timestamps, and source names. The response is structured JSON representing current top stories in the health category.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-google-news-health-api-037b5dde/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)