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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": 184150,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "53409971d85ea42898fb6c57336e8ed8",
            "title": "Free vaccines for Australians over 60: a guide for 2026",
            "description": "Shingles, Influenza, Covid-19, Pneumococcal covered. Which vaccines are free for over 60s and which are not?",
            "content": "Navigating the Australian healthcare system shouldn't require a medical degree, yet staying on top of which jabs are free and which will cost you a few hundred dollars has become increasingly complex.\nThe Senior has compiled a list of the main vaccin... [2458 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/9188015/free-vaccines-for-australians-over-60-a-guide-for-2026/",
            "image": "https://www.thesenior.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/233370197/eecd5f29-3eb2-44b7-a006-c916dde9e32d.jpg/r0_47_3000_1622_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T23:04:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "594b86b833a9dc7db7bdbf74ed5e380b",
                "name": "thesenior.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.thesenior.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bbd91a113b5be34334bff381d183dca5",
            "title": "New nurse-led program helping men navigate prostate cancer treatment",
            "description": "Men receiving treatment for prostate cancer often face challenges that extend well beyond the disease itself. A new study led by Sally Sara, Director",
            "content": "Men receiving treatment for prostate cancer often face challenges that extend well beyond the disease itself. A new study led by Sally Sara, Director of Nursing at the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, is exploring how a nurse-led survivorship... [3435 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/new-nurse-led-program-helping-men-navigate-prostate-cancer-treatment/",
            "image": "https://www.pcfa.org.au/media/f5aiuoof/sally_og.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T22:54:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fcc9357644c6fcea43a610731824930",
                "name": "The National Tribune",
                "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f374130b8b6434fff7b1b282feb9c801",
            "title": "Gene Therapy Trials for Epilepsy Yield Promising Results",
            "description": "Groundbreaking Phase 1/2a clinical trials co-led by Linda Laux, MD , from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, show that the first",
            "content": "Groundbreaking Phase 1/2a clinical trials co-led by Linda Laux, MD , from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, show that the first gene regulation treatment for epilepsy is safe and well tolerated by patients with Dravet syndrome for... [5010 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/gene-therapy-trials-for-epilepsy-yield-1631130/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1587955415524-bb264e518428%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T22:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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