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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": 183676,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "585a9b858d081e272488114a1d74b09a",
            "title": "More Gen X and older adults are consuming ultra-processed foods, study finds",
            "description": "A study reveals that many adults aged 50-80 show addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods, especially among Generation X women.",
            "content": "A national survey found that many adults ages 50–80 meet clinical criteria for addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods.\nMiddle-aged women, especially those in Generation X, show notably higher rates than older age groups.\nThe study used a s... [3971 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/more-gen-x-and-older-adults-are-consuming-ultra-processed-foods-study-finds-022426.html",
            "image": "https://media.consumeraffairs.com/files/news/older-adults-processed-food-gpt-ca-2026.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "45a41735225ec79b5b8c21783da87331",
                "name": "ConsumerAffairs",
                "url": "https://www.consumeraffairs.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7320ad51301a997262c91f261b8df16e",
            "title": "Trashing Cancer's 'undruggable' Proteins",
            "description": "When cancer-driving proteins resist various treatments, Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a new solution. Don't fight them — throw",
            "content": "When cancer-driving proteins resist various treatments, Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a new solution. Don't fight them — throw them in the cellular trash.\nIn a new study, scientists developed a protein-like polymers (PLPs) capable... [6349 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/trashing-cancers-undruggable-proteins-1625388/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2F20%2F48%2Flaboratory-563423_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T10:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "69fa68ce6affc6d29de906dc0b8054eb",
            "title": "Early Healthy Eating Key to Lifelong Brain Health: Study",
            "description": "Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, new University College",
            "content": "Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, new University College Cork (UCC) research study finds today (Tuesday 24th February 10am)\nA high-fat, high-sugar diet durin... [3696 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/early-healthy-eating-key-to-lifelong-brain-1625390/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1588776814546-1ffcf47267a5%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T10:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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