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Australia Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Health News APIAPI 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": 195890,
"articles": [
{
"id": "b08e061f54c214f20d48d24847ed372d",
"title": "Professor Richard Scolyer dies aged 59 leaving behind legacy of revolutionary brain cancer research",
"description": "The 2024 Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer has died. In his final message he urged all Australians to \"pursue their dreams and passion with humility, love and compassion\".",
"content": "Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer has died aged 59 after fighting the \"worst of the worst brain cancers\".\nHis legacy: fast-tracking revolutionary cancer treatment by volunteering to be \"patient zero\" in a radical approach to tre... [15309 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/professor-richard-scolyer-dies-from-brain-cancer-aged-59/104442396",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/aed8c6181b431f2abf4534c578f5b0fd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T14:06:54Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "4b22e076c8a6b3ab475e2871ea68cf5a",
"title": "King’s Birthday Honours: Mark Reid recognised for decades spent helping those with HIV and AIDS",
"description": "After more than 40 years of working to help people with HIV and AIDS, advocate Mark Reid has been named in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list.",
"content": "After more than 40 years helping people with HIV and AIDS, advocate Mark Reid has been named in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list.\nMr Reid has been on the front lines of combating the disease since it first spread in the 1980s.\nAfter his decades ... [3058 chars]",
"url": "https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/kings-birthday-honours-mark-reid-recognised-for-decades-spent-helping-those-with-hiv-and-aids-c-22384075",
"image": "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-22384075/2222e9451528a6b0e9faad5298388508a860188b-16x9-x0y262w709h399.jpg?imwidth=1200",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T14:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "e7c920f999a284bb99022e8c7fe602ca",
"name": "The West Australian",
"url": "https://thewest.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "4ed99fafa752670bce742bd65467b728",
"title": "Tiny microrobots helped repair spinal cord damage, and animals moved better again",
"description": "Magnetic microrobots have successfully repaired spinal cord injuries and improved movement in test animals.",
"content": "Getting transplanted stem cells to turn into nerve tissue inside a spinal cord injury takes a nudge.\nThat nudge has typically required electrodes to be surgically placed near the cord.\nThat approach creates a problem because spinal tissue tolerates p... [5427 chars]",
"url": "https://www.earth.com/news/tiny-microrobots-helped-repair-spinal-cord-damage-and-animals-moved-better-again/",
"image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/06/06054042/microrobots-repair-spinal-cord-injury.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T11:26:15Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
"name": "Earth.com",
"url": "https://www.earth.com"
}
}
]
}