
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": 2472908, "articles": [ { "id": "14749aee6ee20b3feba95efcd80cf469", "title": "Multiple sclerosis support group tries to fill gaps as Northern Territory services dwindle", "description": "Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can often be an isolating experience, and even more so for those in Darwin who lack access to on-the-ground supports. Despite these barriers, a group of local women have created a support group to help fill the service gap.", "content": "A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis can take a previously energetic young person by complete surprise — that's what happened to Shaquila Ah-Wong two years ago, while still in her 20s.\nOne of Ms Ah-Wong's sisters noticed she was having trouble walking a... [3686 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/multiple-sclerosis-support-group-tries-fill-nt-service-gaps/105839144", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/df11420ceec8e4fad7668288f5503e8b?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2592&cropW=4608&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-10-19T20:41:28Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "e83ea2739e1cc6e0699c27dab01c0b6a", "title": "Millions being spent as Australia prepares for deadly H5 strain of bird flu", "description": "The bird flu outbreak that saw millions of chickens culled and a national shortage of eggs has been declared eradicated, but scientists warn a much deadlier strain of avian influenza could arrive this spring.", "content": "It was at the end of a peak egg production period when Victorian poultry farmer Brad McAuliffe first discovered the virus that shut down his business in May 2024.\n\"We lost between 500,000 to 600,000 of our birds due to the virus … I think in revenue ... [6506 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/australia-prepares-for-deadly-h5-strain-of-bird-flu/105906562", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6c4aad3123a29dffd7c24d2f58f11ac0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1361&cropW=2420&xPos=0&yPos=227&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-10-19T20:31:06Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "5e474ce1a438239d6de92267887382f6", "title": "The annual brekky helping families of paternal mental illness", "description": "St Patrick's College and Chris Yeung Funds's annual MENtal Brekky addressing men's mental health and supporting families with school fees", "content": "Now in its ninth year, this community initiative began with a group of old schoolmates standing at a wake, asking one simple, agonising question: 'What could we have done?'\nSubscribe now for unlimited access .\nor signup to continue reading\nAll articl... [5513 chars]", "url": "https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/9090217/the-annual-brekky-helping-families-of-paternal-mental-illness/", "image": "https://www.thecourier.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/250523784/4cb135d2-b31a-48ae-a775-b9f7b6c4ec90.jpg/r0_439_6192_3690_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-10-19T20:04:23Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "1f09b123b41d010f7dae88696d9f4096", "name": "The Courier | Ballarat, VIC", "url": "https://www.thecourier.com.au", "country": "au" } } ] }