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": 189504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1d7d6f162dec43d24df5ab1b67fe88a5",
            "title": "Major depression in women and girls peaks 2 weeks after giving birth",
            "description": "Major depression fluctuates during and after pregnancy but has the highest prevalence 2 weeks after giving birth, a UQ study has found.",
            "content": "Major depression fluctuates during and after pregnancy but has the highest prevalence 2 weeks after giving birth, a University of Queensland study has found.\nResearchers used data from 780 studies, collected from more than 2 million women and girls a... [2002 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au/2026-05-major-depression-women-and-girls-peaks-2-weeks-after-giving-birth",
            "image": "https://news.uq.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2026-04/hmbs-major-depression-women-adobe-1080w.jpg?h=2be5ef22&itok=kpCN-fHP",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T22:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "952a26198c5dc050c9ba7f484bbe3ce8",
                "name": "UQ News",
                "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "080d41f63126d484660c74a89bdc0f31",
            "title": "New Strategy Revives Immune Cells to Fight Tumors",
            "description": "T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors against infection and disease.But there are limits to their",
            "content": "T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors against infection and disease.\nBut there are limits to their defensive capabilities. T cells are not inexhaustible protectors. Often, when T cells have engaged in kil... [3731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/new-strategy-revives-immune-cells-to-fight-1665576/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1460925895917-afdab827c52f%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D702%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T20:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ab971bfb42abb349418112c114cbfe2",
            "title": "How unhealthy ultra-processed foods are designed and marketed to make us crave them",
            "description": "Consumption of ultra-processed foods – including soft drinks, snacks and ready meals – is growing worldwide , despite evidence they are unhealthy",
            "content": "Consumption of ultra-processed foods – including soft drinks, snacks and ready meals – is growing worldwide , despite evidence they are unhealthy .\nUltra-processed foods (UPFs) make up about 70% of packaged food products on supermarket shelves, and e... [5297 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/how-unhealthy-ultra-processed-foods-are-designed-and-marketed-to-make-us-crave-them/",
            "image": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1487956382158-bb926046304a?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1351&q=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T19:49:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fcc9357644c6fcea43a610731824930",
                "name": "The National Tribune",
                "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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