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": 193412,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e56960bc156c0cca5efdea37c4d41348",
            "title": "UN High-Level Meet Backs Bold 2030 AIDS End Goal",
            "description": "At a moment of growing pressure and roadblocks to international cooperation, the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS concluded today with",
            "content": "At a moment of growing pressure and roadblocks to international cooperation, the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS concluded today with overwhelming majority of Member States adopting a new Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS with stron... [5256 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/un-high-level-meet-backs-bold-2030-aids-end-goal-1698222/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F01%2F16%2F17%2F26%2Fbeach-3936382_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T07:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2d1a38962cb39c498703747c5f9f4dd2",
            "title": "Daytime Light May Shield Against Dementia",
            "description": "New research in General Psychiatry has uncovered a link between higher levels of daytime light exposure and a lower risk of dementia.For the study",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nDaytime Light May Shield Against Dementia\nNew research in General Psychiatry has uncovered a link between higher levels of daytime light exposure and a lower risk of dementia.\nFor the study, investigators measured daytime and ... [1227 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/daytime-light-may-shield-against-dementia-1698217/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1581595220921-eec2071e5159%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T07:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "709652b6f116dbe0a2f7407d1e3d403d",
            "title": "Obesity rates ‘a worry for our health future’",
            "description": "New data shows one in four Australian kids is living with overweight or obesity, but one expert says GPs are key to halting the rise.",
            "content": "Obesity is becoming more common and starting earlier in people’s lives, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).\nThe findings of the Overweight and obesity report, released on Wednesday, reveal concerning ... [4864 chars]",
            "url": "https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/obesity-rates-a-worry-for-our-health-future",
            "image": "https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/811ba878-58e2-4c1a-8d5d-75626c761b54/Obesity-rates-a-worry-for-our-health-future.aspx",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T06:47:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7c8f5681a87b14a2d9325259b4120bf7",
                "name": "Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)",
                "url": "https://www1.racgp.org.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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