/diseases/{disease_code}/outbreaks/news | gideononline

Returns curated outbreak news articles for a single disease (all countries), ordered by outbreak date (newest first).

Path parameters

Name	Description
`disease_code`	Disease identifier (same as elsewhere in the Diseases API).

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`count`	integer	No. Default = 20	Maximum articles returned. Capped at 100.
`max_age_days`	integer	No	If provided and numeric, narrows results using outbreak date when present, otherwise publication date, within the last N days.

Response

JSON with a data array. Each item typically includes disease and country names and codes, state and city, coordinates when available, outbreak and publication dates, title, news source, URL, case and death counts (including animal figures where present), and a short summary (abstract).

Returns curated outbreak **news** articles for a single **disease** (all countries), ordered by outbreak date (newest first). #### **Path parameters** | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | `disease_code` | Disease identifier (same as elsewhere in the Diseases API). | #### **Query parameters** | Name | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `count` | integer | No. Default = 20 | Maximum articles returned. Capped at **100**. | | `max_age_days` | integer | No | If provided and numeric, narrows results using outbreak date when present, otherwise publication date, within the last N days. | #### **Response** JSON with a `data` array. Each item typically includes disease and country names and codes, state and city, coordinates when available, outbreak and publication dates, title, news source, URL, case and death counts (including animal figures where present), and a short summary (`abstract`).

Authentication

Authorizationstring

API Key authentication via header

Query parameters

countintegerOptional

Maximum articles returned. Default 20; values above 100 are capped at 100.

max_age_daysintegerOptional

Optional. When set to a whole number, only articles with a recent outbreak date or publication date (within this many days) are included.

Response

datalist of objects

Returns curated outbreak news articles for a single disease (all countries), ordered by outbreak date (newest first).

Path parameters

Name	Description
`disease_code`	Disease identifier (same as elsewhere in the Diseases API).

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`count`	integer	No. Default = 20	Maximum articles returned. Capped at 100.
`max_age_days`	integer	No	If provided and numeric, narrows results using outbreak date when present, otherwise publication date, within the last N days.

1	curl -G https://api.gideononline.com/diseases/%7Bdisease_code%7D/outbreaks/news \
2	-H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
3	-d count=20 \
4	-d max_age_days=365

1	{
2	"data": [
3	{
4	"url": "https://example.com/article",
5	"cases": 5,
6	"title": "Example outbreak news headline",
7	"country": "Ethiopia",
8	"disease": "Cholera",
9	"abstract": "Short summary of the article.",
10	"news_source": "Example Source",
11	"country_code": "G158",
12	"disease_code": 10390,
13	"publication_date": "2025-01-11",
14	"outbreak_first_reported": "2025-01-10"
15	}
16	]
17	}