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Australia Health News API

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

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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": 151906,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f840e874307a1c7d92751ce520f79af5",
            "title": "WHO 2010 Code's Effect on Global Doctor Migration",
            "description": "Boston, MA— A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute evaluates the impact of a voluntary code intended to improve ethical",
            "content": "Boston, MA— A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute evaluates the impact of a voluntary code intended to improve ethical recruitment of physicians from World Health Organization-designated shortage countries. While the Code initi... [2975 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/who-2010-codes-effect-on-global-doctor-migration-1615418/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1512314889357-e157c22f938d%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1351%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T16:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f5924f234e23c9443747906ce31951f1",
            "title": "Charity backs study of rare cancer in boy's memory",
            "description": "The Coventry charity, set up in memory of Ben, 7, says the last drug to treat it was issued in 1986.",
            "content": "A charity founded by a couple whose son died from a rare form of cancer is to co-fund the first major research into the strain of the disease in 40 years.\nBen Crowther, 7, died in 2019 from rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that affects children... [1834 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/charity-backs-study-rare-cancer-145903424.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/64f68d93b7ec1b82597074ef63dcf9ba",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T14:59:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "289654a6606741a4bbabcc1df6c176d0",
            "title": "Covid Disruptions Tied to Poorer Cancer Outcomes",
            "description": "People diagnosed with cancer during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic had lower survival rates than those diagnosed in the years before",
            "content": "People diagnosed with cancer during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic had lower survival rates than those diagnosed in the years before, according to a University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JAMA Oncology Feb. 5.\nTh... [2181 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/covid-disruptions-tied-to-poorer-cancer-outcomes-1615358/",
            "image": "https://research.uky.edu/sites/default/files/styles/big_16x9/public/2026-02/gettyimages-2060125789.jpg?h=9f2ba84c&itok=62Z61tw0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T14:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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