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": 196406,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "920a04b0afd547c2e35356d77c657356",
            "title": "Cancer research lab's £6m extra annual cash boost",
            "description": "The National Biomarker Centre says the extra money will make a \"huge difference\" to its work.",
            "content": "A \"world-class\" cancer research centre is celebrating a further £6m of investment to study the disease \"under closer detail than ever before\", its director has said.\nCancer Research UK's Biomarker Centre in Manchester tests how genes, proteins and mo... [3638 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/cancer-research-labs-6m-extra-060141519.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/oIcie6cX.uGyShfoRjwKQg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bbc_us_articles_995/b80e2508fd8ffe5a37b7c578212a4ca8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T06:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5729467e23cc3adf74619ae9664cbe6",
            "title": "Detection of deadly H5 bird flu variant in WA a 'distant concern' for Victoria, industry says",
            "description": "The head of Victoria's peak farming group says the detection of the deadly H5 variant of avian influenza in Western Australia is a \"distant concern\" for Victorians.",
            "content": "The head of Victoria's peak farming group says the detection of the deadly H5 variant of avian influenza in Western Australia is a \"distant concern\" for Victorians.\nThe disease was found in a bird that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia... [3158 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-21/bird-flu-wa-distant-concern-for-victoria-industry-says/106824504",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/fa7d30f59fe742d27b7f2f2d20d08af9?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1565&cropW=2782&xPos=0&yPos=47&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T04:50:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7ece760ef9438306e525f8fb02153c7b",
            "title": "WA poultry show cancelled as local businesses sound alarm over potential second bird flu case",
            "description": "The association has cancelled a poultry show planned for July and is urging owners to restrict bird movements and reduce contact with wild birds.",
            "content": "Nick Wilson and Kat Wong\nJune 21, 2026 — 12:32pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nA local West Australian poultry association has been forced to cancel one of its flagship events as A... [3171 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-poultry-show-cancelled-as-local-businesses-sound-alarm-over-potential-second-bird-flu-case-20260621-p608r1.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5929%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto/142c20974f5f21c38c73894c4594ed4b600ff3f0a91f082ed730c4b10e0a5250",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T04:32:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f84de5a9871fd7a3fc44d14afefd2a35",
                "name": "WAtoday",
                "url": "https://www.watoday.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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