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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": 165038,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fb62992c022640b82c821362180a582e",
            "title": "Do Your Genes Dictate How Lifestyle Choices Impact Ageing?",
            "description": "A new international study led at the University of Adelaide has found new information about healthy ageing.",
            "content": "A new international study led by researchers at the University of Adelaide has found that while lifestyle and socioeconomic factors play a major role in healthy ageing, their effects can vary depending on a person’s genetic makeup.\nThe research, the ... [2794 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au/health/do-your-genes-dictate-how-lifestyle-choices-impact-ageing/",
            "image": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/healthy-ageing.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T01:23:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "09ab91a3c4c78d2e886182d24c268c44",
                "name": "Have a Go News",
                "url": "https://www.haveagonews.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1a9bc2e80cb06a3aa17fce98087b1cc1",
            "title": "The 'horrific' disease hitting regional Aussies hardest",
            "description": "Exposure to pesticides and other environmental factors could be behind far higher rates of motor-neurone disease in regional areas, experts warn.",
            "content": "Australians in regional areas are far more likely to experience a fatal neurological condition that has soared in prevalence in the past four decades.\nAnd exposure to pesticides in agricultural areas could be behind the rise in motor-neurone disease ... [2658 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dubbophotonews.com.au/news/regional/the-horrific-disease-hitting-regional-aussies-hardest-tgul23nv",
            "image": "https://images.dubbophotonews.com.au/view/acePublic/alias/contentid/1q5znaj4i8ighvi7x84/0/farmingtractor6170102-jpg.jpeg?f=3%3A2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T01:05:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2e778701baf092685fd155b7b034bda3",
                "name": "dubbophotonews.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.dubbophotonews.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1ac7c26d4d2d75f5ffeaf93656a40fe2",
            "title": "Diabetes and obesity medication may lower the risk of worsening mental health",
            "description": "Medication typically used to manage diabetes or obesity may help reduce the risk of worsening depression, anxiety and self-harm, new Griffith University",
            "content": "Medication typically used to manage diabetes or obesity may help reduce the risk of worsening depression, anxiety and self-harm, new Griffith University research has shown.\nProfessor Mark Taylor from Griffith’s School of Medicine and Dentistry was pa... [1650 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.griffith.edu.au/2026/04/01/diabetes-and-obesity-medication-may-lower-the-risk-of-worsening-mental-health/",
            "image": "https://news.griffith.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2212761760-resized.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T23:26:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1f08de00c6a11c577d341eb4da10743c",
                "name": "Griffith University",
                "url": "https://news.griffith.edu.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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