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": 194404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cb30a5f1b2f3206f46a72ea8ffb56f4e",
            "title": "Australia news live: Chalmers dismisses reports of ‘frosty’ relationship with Albanese",
            "description": "Follow live",
            "content": "From 2h ago\nWild bird found sick with suspected bird flu in WA\nThe Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Julie Collins, is speaking in Hobart about a suspected avian influenza or bird flu case.\nIf confirmed, the case would be the first of... [13121 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/19/news-live-australia-ukraine-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-capital-gains-tax-concessions-business-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a62dbaf9a1d991850d4d543b0d64137641d6236f/438_0_5000_4000/master/5000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=98b92e8abf2de43f8082338990da0034",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T06:41:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0fabb4b3495387d453af6026a3cc6a16",
            "title": "Suspected detection of H5 strain of bird flu in WA, which would be first in Australia",
            "description": "A wild migratory bird in Western Australia has returned a suspected positive result for avian influenza, which has devastated populations of seabirds, seals and other animals across the world.",
            "content": "The first suspected case of a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed millions of birds and mammals worldwide has been found in Australia, the federal government has confirmed.\nA wild migratory bird in Western Australia has returned a suspected pos... [3136 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/h5-bird-flu-suspected-in-western-australia/106819600",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/34f0fc3dc84c6a6c177008ed72aa71b4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T05:23:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f9e50ec021b68805e87d8b24d346ca8f",
            "title": "Michaela Louka: A Greek Teen Fighting Cancer with AI",
            "description": "A young Greek-Australian built an AI model as a high school student that detects breast cancer cells with 98% accuracy, earning her the title \"Young Scientist of the Year.\"",
            "content": "The first “science book” Michaela Louka ever held was when she was just two years old, still living in Greece. It was actually a children’s book about the human body, given to her as a gift. Her mother didn’t think much of it, saying it was for older... [11004 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tovima.com/science/michaela-louka-a-greek-teen-fighting-cancer-with-ai/",
            "image": "https://www.tovima.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17/bc963678-01f9-480e-87f3-e5641c6b7269.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T05:10:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c6ba321ed13ceacd2125a4425749627",
                "name": "tovima.com",
                "url": "https://www.tovima.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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