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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": 157380,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e6db6b9008f09e3457f2442b20dae80b",
            "title": "New study finds plastic pollution may contribute to harmful algae blooming",
            "description": "A new study has found petroleum-based plastic pollution may be contributing to the blooming of harmful algae.",
            "content": "A new study from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) has found petroleum-based plastic pollution may be contributing to the blooming of harmful algae.\nDangerous concentrations of algae have been emerging around the world, with a region in S... [4319 chars]",
            "url": "https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/new-study-finds-plastic-pollution-may-contribute-to-harmful-algae-blooming/",
            "image": "https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AdobeStock_442234305.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T23:30:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d1e19a6b415ad1f9bca06008bb5f30e",
                "name": "Waste Management Review",
                "url": "https://wastemanagementreview.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "029fa9a67323300d374b907fa7a4ae33",
            "title": "Opening a ‘window to the brain’ with new cancer diagnostic",
            "description": "Researchers have created a new diagnostic device that can get information about deadly brain tumours from a simple blood test.",
            "content": "A new technology could improve the odds of surviving brain cancer and change how we treat a range of neurological conditions.\nAIBN’s Dr Richard Lobb and Dr Zhen Zhang have opened a ‘window to the brain’ by creating a new diagnostic device that can te... [3798 chars]",
            "url": "https://aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2026/01/opening-window-to-brain-new-cancer-diagnostic",
            "image": "https://aibn.uq.edu.au/files/65723/Glioblastomoa-test-richard-lobb-uq-aibn%2520%25283%2529.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T22:01:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "69447687b91fec616081462022bdeb60",
                "name": "Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)",
                "url": "https://aibn.uq.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ece3eaa5f8ac14463febc7291e6484db",
            "title": "Single protein is key to treating a deadly genetic heart disease targeting young athletes",
            "description": "UC San Diego researchers restore a key heart protein, doubling survival in a deadly genetic heart disease in new gene therapy study.",
            "content": "A research team at the University of California San Diego has discovered a novel and promising method of treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), a rare inherited heart disease that can strike suddenly and violently, developing into a life-threa... [8407 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/single-protein-is-key-to-treating-a-deadly-genetic-heart-disease-targeting-young-athletes/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/01/SheikhVideo-teaser-1200x628-1.png?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T21:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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