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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": 157790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c15429bdd8981ece4b76322d4c393eb8",
            "title": "Ask the Doctors | Research continues regarding long COVID",
            "description": "Long COVID refers to the collection of symptoms that persist for months, and sometimes years, after recovery from COVID-19. These include the heart arrhythmia, shortness of breath and fatigue that you describe.",
            "content": "Dear Doctors: I have had long COVID since my initial infection in November 2020. I have air hunger and tachycardia, have been bedbound and have had recoveries and relapses. My life has not been the same since this horrible illness, and I am desperate... [3432 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.times-standard.com/2026/04/12/ask-the-doctors-research-continues-regarding-long-covid/",
            "image": "https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ETS_Filler-1.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T10:25:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7425628d30d31851a3d78243b5cc9d8c",
                "name": "Times-Standard",
                "url": "https://www.times-standard.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "af8c10f38c9068afef04562f039d0da1",
            "title": "Tumour book 'highlights human side of medicine'",
            "description": "A Cumbrian GP says Laura Earl's experience reminds healthcare workers to be compassionate.",
            "content": "A woman's account of her brain tumour treatment highlights the \"human side of medicine in a way that clinical training often cannot\", a GP says.\nLaura Jane Earl, 37, from Carlisle, in Cumbria, wrote about her journey through the healthcare system in ... [2224 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/tumour-book-highlights-human-side-090153421.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/758974656d428bdb894d8f8c5f6e584b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T09:01:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b02d7fb4869a1ebbb07752b4212ac3b",
            "title": "Improved testing for anthrax",
            "description": "Anthrax has been a cause of sudden death of livestock in Australia for the past 150 years.\nOnce an animal has died from Anthrax, the Anthrax spores can survive in the soil for decades, waiting for the right set of environmental conditions to infect another animal.\nMost districts in Victoria",
            "content": "Anthrax has been a cause of sudden death of livestock in Australia for the past 150 years.\nOnce an animal has died from Anthrax, the Anthrax spores can survive in the soil for decades, waiting for the right set of environmental conditions to infect a... [1909 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thegazette.com.au/improved-testing-for-anthrax/",
            "image": "https://storage.ghost.io/c/88/26/88266b0b-3618-456c-b64a-130d5d8efbe8/content/images/2026/04/farm-forum.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T05:04:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "24daae5f31a7fc1fcca8a72ae113e537",
                "name": "The Warragul & Drouin Gazette",
                "url": "https://www.thegazette.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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