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": 193504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "47340c8c188e4b91ed488dff012b6ac6",
            "title": "Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO",
            "description": "The deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency, although the risk is high at a regional and national level, the UN health agency chief said on Wednesday.",
            "content": "In an update on the fast-developing situation in eastern DRC, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that beyond the several dozen confirmed cases of infection, there are almost 600 suspected cases of Ebola B... [3839 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167553",
            "image": "https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/18-09-2025_UNICEF_DRC_Ebola.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T10:18:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81925310763e66b0ad732998459fe288",
                "name": "UN News",
                "url": "https://news.un.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "885304f124ed6069c8ec6c6c45252607",
            "title": "Diphtheria cases rise as WA sees outbreak for first time in 50 years",
            "description": "Australia’s worst diphtheria outbreak in decades has triggered vaccine warnings as cases rise in WA and NT.",
            "content": "IN BRIEF\nHealth authorities are urging Australians to check vaccinations as diphtheria cases spread across four regions.\nAlmost all reported diphtheria cases have involved Indigenous Australians, authorities say.\nAustralia's worst diphtheria outbreak... [2402 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/diptheria-cases-rise-as-wa-sees-outbreak-for-first-time-in-50-years/al4dwnsw6",
            "image": "https://assets.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/f813385/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F18%2Fe4ecb376403dbaeeaacb3452d323%2F20241114145159730811-original.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T09:36:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a357287e7a54449c2cf5b80793a74a5",
                "name": "SBS Australia",
                "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "96d4d571e956afad632fcd7fd4d3d546",
            "title": "‘Beyond the limit of detection’: Why breast cancer comes back",
            "description": "Kylie Minogue had a cancer relapse. How common are relapses, and why do they happen?",
            "content": "May 20, 2026 — 5:02pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nFor five years, Kylie Minogue kept her second cancer diagnosis to herself. But her situation is far from uncommon – up to 30 per... [4109 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/beyond-the-limit-of-detection-why-breast-cancer-comes-back-20260520-p5zz3g.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2692996313849394%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_296%2C$y_94/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a00c4c4128b876ca338f46f874416d4e3dbe8d16",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T07:02:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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