
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": 2481852, "articles": [ { "id": "be116dc543277e8f51b219cdb25bb842", "title": "Microbes found to play a key role in shaping early brain development", "description": "New research from Michigan State University finds that microbes play an important role in shaping early brain development, specifically in a key brain region that controls stress, social behavior, and vital body functions.", "content": "New research from Michigan State University finds that microbes play an important role in shaping early brain development, specifically in a key brain region that controls stress, social behavior, and vital body functions.\nThe study, published in Hor... [2593 chars]", "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250813/Microbes-found-to-play-a-key-role-in-shaping-early-brain-development.aspx", "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2016/3/Artificially_Colored_MRI_Scan_Of_Human_Brain-Daisy_Daisy_a8c5d8bbbf824bc8932308e30187510f-620x480.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-08-14T02:33:00Z", "source": { "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946", "name": "News-Medical", "url": "https://www.news-medical.net" } }, { "id": "8421ab546a984c2448102c4307806084", "title": "Diabetes Australia puts lived experience at the heart of new research strategy", "description": "Diabetes Australia has today launched a transformative new research strategy, marking a new era in the organisation’s role in Australian diabetes research.", "content": "Diabetes Australia has today launched a transformative new research strategy, marking a new era in the organisation’s role in Australian diabetes research.\nThe Diabetes Australia Research Strategy 2025-2030 establishes a new collaborative approach to... [4688 chars]", "url": "https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/mediarelease/researchstrategy/", "image": "https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025_DA_Research-Strategy_web_1000x562_mock-up.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-08-14T00:12:17Z", "source": { "id": "10c7b2bbee731af57b4c91fd4136502c", "name": "Diabetes Australia", "url": "https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au" } }, { "id": "045aa689819eaf6ef38940c4be1feb58", "title": "Calls for increased monitoring of people prescribed psychotropic drugs", "description": "People with mental illness need better holistic health care to manage the physical side effects of their medications, a study has found.", "content": "People with mental illness need better holistic health care to manage the physical side effects of their medications, a study has found.\nUniversity of Queensland-led research, conducted with King’s College London and the University of Oxford, explore... [2982 chars]", "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au/2025-08-calls-increased-monitoring-people-prescribed-psychotropic-drugs", "image": "https://news.uq.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2025-08/hmbs-psychotropic-meds-credit-pormezz-adobestock-1080.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=Qh8H1034", "publishedAt": "2025-08-13T23:40:51Z", "source": { "id": "952a26198c5dc050c9ba7f484bbe3ce8", "name": "The University of Queensland", "url": "https://news.uq.edu.au" } } ] }