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": 191362,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8b4fcef59d85085fa39857664932df7",
            "title": "Lassa Fever Vaccine Shows Promise in First Human Trial",
            "description": "Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) reported encouraging results",
            "content": "Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) reported encouraging results from an early clinical trial that tested a new dual vaccine against Lassa fever and rabies. The study, ... [4983 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/lassa-fever-vaccine-shows-promise-in-first-1688864/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1460925895917-afdab827c52f%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D702%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T09:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1cc0ff3858d2556fb4a254b717ec1f3d",
            "title": "Ebola deaths rise to 100 as conflict slows response",
            "description": "The death toll from an Ebola outbreak that began in eastern Congo has hit 100, as protests and...",
            "content": "Frontline health workers have worked for little or no pay and faced attacks as they combat Ebola. Photo: AP PHOTO\nAt least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo.\nSubsc... [4018 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9289202/ebola-deaths-rise-to-100-as-conflict-slows-response/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/bfa8529e-de72-496f-9d70-8d03fb18419b.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T08:14:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7c57337477c47c782c0247571cf95741",
            "title": "Breakthrough in Pancreas Stratification Boosts Cancer Fight",
            "description": "Scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have taken a major step forward in pancreatic cancer research. By mapping a healthy pancreas in",
            "content": "Scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have taken a major step forward in pancreatic cancer research. By mapping a healthy pancreas in detail down to the cellular level, they discovered that specific, rare cells in the healthy organ alre... [2194 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/breakthrough-in-pancreas-stratification-boosts-1688784/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F07%2F17%2F19%2F17%2Fhands-4344711_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T07:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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