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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": 189432,
"articles": [
{
"id": "57366965f8aca54c5d4e0511e0c7ecbd",
"title": "Countries scramble to trace passengers who disembarked cruise ship in Santa Helena after hantavirus outbreak",
"description": "A number of countries are scrambling to trace people who disembarked from an Atlantic cruise struck by a deadly virus outbreak before it was marooned off the coast of Cabo Verde, in an effort to prevent further spread of the disease.",
"content": "A number of countries across the world are scrambling to trace people who disembarked from an Atlantic cruise struck by a deadly virus outbreak before it was marooned off the coast of Cabo Verde, in an effort to prevent further spread of the disease.... [3716 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/hantavirus-cruise-ship-mv-hondius-passengers-disembarked/106655134",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/323948e460de9c684afd89c372f2e952?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=383&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T08:41:43Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "d6efd09666bdaa67aaf88164d2941cc0",
"title": "World Health Organization expects more hantavirus cases but doesn’t ‘anticipate large epidemic’ - Europe live",
"description": "The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the ship",
"content": "From 7m ago\nHantavirus cruise outbreak 'not the start of Covid pandemic,' WHO insists, with 'low' risk to general public - summary\nAs the press conference wraps up, here is a summary of the key points:\nWorld Health Organization experts stressed the h... [7848 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/07/ukraine-russia-drones-latvia-hungary-bulgaria-latest-news-updates",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e46a844ff56cc182edd09f06661ca0533a42c883/493_0_3321_2659/master/3321.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e3afef6ebdd4f6d7cdf193bfbd2b6592",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T08:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "0547f30e0762140acf98729d6b639979",
"title": "Yawning might be good for the brain",
"description": "This simple reflex action may play a more significant role than we thought.",
"content": "This simple reflex action may play a more significant role than we thought.\nYou should never smile at a crocodile, according to the 1950s song, because rather than smiling back at you it’s contemplating your potential as an appetiser.\nYawning at a cr... [2781 chars]",
"url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/yawning-might-be-good-for-the-brain/125543",
"image": "https://d1svk58pjf7hyt.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/05093253/logo_icon_black-105x105.png",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T05:49:55Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "23a570cc598fbd55d40ac6f744068077",
"name": "Medical Republic",
"url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au"
}
}
]
}