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": 198396,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f1a88f246f60f92a963b36cdacf736f9",
            "title": "Scientists discover new cause of neuron death in Alzheimer’s and dementia",
            "description": "Researchers found signs of karyoptosis in Alzheimer’s and FTD brains, linking toxic proteins to neuronal death and a possible drug target.",
            "content": "Cell death in dementia has long posed a frustrating problem. Toxic proteins pile up inside neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia, but the exact route from that buildup to the loss of brain cells has remained hazy. A study from Ki... [9628 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-discover-new-cause-of-neuron-death-in-alzheimers-and-dementia/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/06/dementia.jpg?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T20:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8476029d00e48343245bbde72958a3f0",
            "title": "The Australian",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Australian",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-theaustralian-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T19:01:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f7c68f5c91817293c97b3553f473976f",
            "title": "Keri’s sister died from MND. She says the state has taken ‘a step in the right direction’",
            "description": "It will be mandatory for doctors in NSW to report cases of motor neurone disease to a state registry in a step forward for patients and families affected by the condition.",
            "content": "June 27, 2026 — 7:30pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWhen Keri Balding was told that her younger sister Jennifer had been diagnosed with sporadic motor neurone disease (MND) in May... [4383 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/keri-s-sister-died-from-mnd-she-says-the-state-has-taken-a-step-in-the-right-direction-20260624-p609u4.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3182%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_271%2C$y_178/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/cd10d100b92365a5e93e35d16ef863006f84dbd1e3f83a16a7ce5b2199424294",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T09:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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