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": 196452,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d9e2525aa4ef1a7023da909c93fc9d02",
            "title": "Blood Test Breakthrough Could Revolutionise Concussion Diagnosis in Older Adults",
            "description": "Monash University and The Alfred focus on a new approach to diagnosing concussion in older adults, the group at greatest risk.",
            "content": "A major development from Monash University and The Alfred focuses on a new approach to diagnosing concussion in older adults, the group at greatest risk.\nResearchers from Monash University and The Alfred have developed a blood test that could diagnos... [5261 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au/health/blood-test-breakthrough-could-revolutionise-concussion-diagnosis-in-older-adults/",
            "image": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BloodTest.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T06:51:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "09ab91a3c4c78d2e886182d24c268c44",
                "name": "Have a Go News",
                "url": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ab85ed880199f80d725b37b4b9cc8c90",
            "title": "10 hours a week of vigorous exercise necessary to achieve 'substantial' CV protection, researchers say",
            "description": "Connect. Collaborate. Grow",
            "content": "Adults should perform 3-4 times more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than currently recommended in common guidelines to substantially lower their CVD risk, researchers say.\nIn bad news for those who think 150 minutes a week is impressive, Chin... [653 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/10-hours-a-week-of-vigorous-exercise-necessary-to-achieve-substantial-cv-protection-researchers-say/",
            "image": "https://images.media.ausdoc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/27152420/dreamstime_m_99002407.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T05:48:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "de734c5c7adc341cb689e22215b59005",
                "name": "AusDoc",
                "url": "https://www.ausdoc.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2fb74eece7d982eb728176967c9f4ee2",
            "title": "Breakthroughs at the cutting edge of phage therapy",
            "description": "Findings from VICPhage’s first patient have been published in leading medical science journal Nature Medicine, advancing phage-based therapeutics worldwide.",
            "content": "A clinical partnership between The Alfred and Monash University, VICPhage is one of the first programs in Australia to offer end-to-end capacity in phage therapy to treat patients with severe infections that do not respond to traditional antibiotics.... [3265 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au/news/breakthroughs-at-the-cutting-edge-of-phage-therapy",
            "image": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au/images/general/News/phages_montage_IMG_3008_copy.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T04:29:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a0b1e21c80d89d96c930f65c3db62d54",
                "name": "Bayside Health (Alfred)",
                "url": "https://www.alfredhealth.org.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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