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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": 169136,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "264af552163b0993f7264ac751a7680e",
            "title": "HPV Vaccine Uptake Driven by Knowledge, Medical Advice",
            "description": "Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and can cause various types of cancer. Prophylactic HPV",
            "content": "Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and can cause various types of cancer. Prophylactic HPV vaccination is highly effective and has been recommended in Switzerland since 2007 for girls and young wome... [3074 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/hpv-vaccine-uptake-driven-by-knowledge-medical-1643926/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2F20%2F48%2Flaboratory-563423_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T09:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d3c3c19a2070ed9c94d0eea4dc245187",
            "title": "Eating more dairy and calcium may lower metabolic syndrome odds",
            "description": "Research links higher dietary calcium and dairy consumption to reduced odds of metabolic syndrome, highlighting potential dietary interventions for health.",
            "content": "Could something as simple as increasing calcium or dairy intake help lower your chances of metabolic syndrome? New research reveals a compelling link, though questions remain about how strong and reliable the effect truly is.\nStudy: Association Betwe... [6842 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260325/Eating-more-dairy-and-calcium-may-lower-metabolic-syndrome-odds.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_833564_17744287689317095.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T09:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5acde1c729e06306d2fbb81093216d7c",
            "title": "Ejaculating more frequently may improve sperm quality - new study",
            "description": "New research suggests that the longer sperm are stored before ejaculation, the lower their quality – with implications for men trying to conceive and IVF treatment.",
            "content": "When it comes to reproduction, female biology is often described in terms of a ticking clock. Women are born with most of their lifetime supply of eggs, meaning that a woman’s age is usually the same as the age of her eggs. Older women therefore prod... [4394 chars]",
            "url": "https://theconversation.com/ejaculating-more-frequently-may-improve-sperm-quality-new-study-275373",
            "image": "https://images.theconversation.com/files/719629/original/file-20260220-76-bsxa4n.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C500%2C5999%2C2999&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T08:25:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344b3e5c4a3152c0cbebe5418ae064b7",
                "name": "The Conversation",
                "url": "https://theconversation.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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