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Australia Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Australia 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 Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 182314,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "52e47bec7e4c62cffaef51c3b61657f8",
            "title": "Wollongong Hospital: Pigeons, mould linked to wet weather",
            "description": "Wollongong Hospital, and others, faced mould, maggots, and pigeons following heavy rain. Shellharbour Hospital among those with issues.",
            "content": "Wollongong Hospital. Picture (main) Anna Warr, supplied\nSevere weather and heavy rain have been blamed for a string of health and safety issues including mould and pigeons living inside Wollongong Hospital.\nSubscribe now for unlimited access.\nor sign... [4528 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/9189680/wollongong-hospital-pigeons-mould-linked-to-wet-weather/",
            "image": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yqbYpxNMru7TBX8VR5QF63/fd0c8f13-9f5f-401f-a648-d68da462050a.png/r0_30_1600_870_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T21:02:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8da4dccf436615c51294f2d902e6e4fa",
                "name": "Illawarra Mercury",
                "url": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ea20c88980cd06a189ea51dc6ad077c",
            "title": "Registry data study sharpens diagnosis of rare eye cancer",
            "description": "New data from the Flinders University-led International Vitreoretinal B-Cell Lymphoma Registry are helping to clarify how vitreoretinal lymphoma first presents, addressing long-standing gaps in knowledge about the rare malignancy.",
            "content": "New data from the Flinders University-led International Vitreoretinal B-Cell Lymphoma Registry are helping to clarify how vitreoretinal lymphoma first presents, addressing long-standing gaps in knowledge about the rare malignancy.\nThe findings, publi... [4326 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/registry-data-study-sharpens-diagnosis-of-rare-eye-cancer/",
            "image": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Professor-Justine-Smith-768x513-copy.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T20:45:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "265cc67bee3358f7fb310ee8c6d022f8",
                "name": "insightnews.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a2802573e68cc78b35f6eb76da8babb3",
            "title": "Blood clot sting in the tail of scorpion venom",
            "description": "A UQ study has shown a deadly scorpion’s venom carries an extra biochemical sting that could be used to guide future medical treatments and tests.",
            "content": "A University of Queensland study has shown a deadly scorpion’s venom carries an extra biochemical sting that could be used to guide future medical treatments and tests.\nProfessor Bryan Fry and PhD candidate Sam Campbell from UQ’s School of the Enviro... [2487 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au/2026-03-blood-clot-sting-tail-scorpion-venom",
            "image": "https://news.uq.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2026-02/sci-scorpion-venom-adobe-ernie-cooper-1080.jpg?h=a81fead4&itok=B3OrWwL4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T20:08:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "952a26198c5dc050c9ba7f484bbe3ce8",
                "name": "UQ News",
                "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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