Australia Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Health News API

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": 189046,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a0afa7afc6a18f24014afea818fba199",
            "title": "Sharp rise in nAMD not just from ageing, study finds",
            "description": "Factors beyond population ageing and common vascular comorbidities are likely contributing to the rising burden of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), a new study suggests.",
            "content": "Factors beyond population ageing and common vascular comorbidities are likely contributing to the rising burden of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), a new study suggests.\nThe large study found the prevalence and treatment burden of... [3885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/sharp-rise-in-namd-not-just-from-ageing-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AdobeStock_1193720574.jpeg-imtmphoto.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T21:50:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "265cc67bee3358f7fb310ee8c6d022f8",
                "name": "insightnews.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "baac313176d42b0e42566677bb573773",
            "title": "Ebola claims more lives; other African countries seen at risk",
            "description": "Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases on Saturday and the Red Cross said three volunteers died in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, amid warnings the deadly virus could spread to several more African countries. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever an…",
            "content": "Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases on Saturday and the Red Cross said three volunteers died in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, amid warnings the deadly virus could spread to several more African countries.\nThe World Health Organizat... [3389 chars]",
            "url": "https://japantoday.com/category/world/ebola-claims-more-lives-other-african-countries-seen-at-risk",
            "image": "https://media.japantoday.com/img/store/c3/b4/815ff6004215ca519dd034e55578303a67b2/41418b9165770bb2ff85ec972eedb2bb15e023c4/_w1700.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T21:29:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b6e16e937954be66de0f0475c3640971",
                "name": "Japan Today",
                "url": "https://japantoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "be20e672649446a9da81f80bbc83fe30",
            "title": "WHO Urges Swift Ebola Action, Pandemic Readiness",
            "description": "By Assumpta MasoiThe recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases",
            "content": "His call came as Ugandan authorities confirmed on Saturday that there were three new cases of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which to date has neither a cure nor a vaccine.\n\"The three new cases include a Ugandan health worker, a driver and... [1762 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/who-urges-swift-ebola-action-pandemic-readiness-1679388/",
            "image": "https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production+Library/04-07-2022_WHO_Africa_DRC_Ebola.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T20:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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