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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 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": 167644,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c853c2864540282ce5c6a9614c9bd3c8",
            "title": "Scientists reveal how people who have had Covid-19 have increased risk of one type of cancer",
            "description": "Covid is still affecting people's health in the medium and long term, including this increased risk",
            "content": "Scientists have revealed how people who had previously had Covid-19 have a heightened risk of one particular kind of cancer.\nThe coronavirus pandemic saw the world grinding to a halt in lockdown, but while our lives are now once again open the impact... [2464 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.unilad.com/news/health/coronavirus-cancer-risk-increase-long-covid-248059-20260315",
            "image": "https://resizer.ladbiblegroup.com/ogimage/v3/assets/blt949ea8e16e463049/blt8d2e97fa76a50b0c/69b71c68e3a41658878f666c/covid-cancer.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T20:56:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "eb25a67b20a36d44164c6517fdbe26c5",
                "name": "UNILAD",
                "url": "https://www.unilad.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "30167db43d87e6f96d0d12a973a7f256",
            "title": "Natural voice isolation: Scientists reveal how the brain isolates voices in noisy environments",
            "description": "By training an artificial neural network to amplify specific sound features, scientists have uncovered the biological mechanics behind our ability to focus on a single conversation in a crowded space.",
            "content": "For decades, neuroscientists have studied the \"cocktail party problem,\" which is the human brain's remarkable ability to intentionally tune into a single voice amid a cacophony of background noise. While it has long been understood that the brain ach... [1977 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/Natural-voice-isolation-Scientists-reveal-how-the-brain-isolates-voices-in-noisy-environments.1250967.0.html",
            "image": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/_nc5/A-close-up-view-of-a-human-ear.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T20:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6f43ddc905277d3cab59591df0bcaa6d",
                "name": "Notebookcheck",
                "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2f7819ffc9c425311b399f22bcdad259",
            "title": "Respiratory Health Focus at TSANZSRS ASM 2026",
            "description": "Key Facts:· TSANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in Perth to address key respiratory health priorities, including environmental threats, AI",
            "content": "Key Facts:\n· TSANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in Perth to address key respiratory health priorities, including environmental threats, AI advances and new lung testing standards\n· Growing concerns about airborne microplastics' impact on respira... [6890 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/respiratory-health-focus-at-tsanzsrs-asm-2026-1637207/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/news-and-developments.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T20:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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