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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": 171370,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b6649f42e634a2ab67bccd3a13a0ff0f",
            "title": "RNA Innovation Foundry to boost WA's role in next-gen biotech",
            "description": "UWA’s new RNA Innovation Foundry boosts WA’s role in next-gen medicine and biotech, linking cutting-edge RNA research with real-world industry practice.",
            "content": "A new RNA Innovation Foundry at The University of Western Australia will boost the State’s role in next-generation medicine, biotech innovation and RNA-based solutions, connecting academic teaching and learning with real-world industry practice.\nSpea... [2613 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/rna-innovation-foundry-to-boost-was-role-in-next-gen-biotech",
            "image": "http://www.uwa.edu.au/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/rna-foundry-card-944x522.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T02:06:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c1d25670fe9e89d9081d63a421f01cb",
                "name": "uwa.edu.au",
                "url": "https://www.uwa.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a1b2c19c6378f7b786d44c890b0950a9",
            "title": "Health Check: Researchers find new ways to navigate the Alzheimer’s disease treatment maze",
            "description": "An offshore trial has found a link between kidney malfunction and Alzheimer's, while a local biotech legend takes a different curative route.",
            "content": "A global study links Alzheimer’s disease with kidney malfunction\nFDA czar Dr Marty Makary outlines the agency’s priorities\nPro Medicus fesses up to a cyber breach\nThe quest for an Alzheimer’s disease cure has taken a new twist, with an offshore clini... [6692 chars]",
            "url": "https://stockhead.com.au/health/health-check-researchers-find-new-ways-to-navigate-the-alzheimers-disease-treatment-maze/",
            "image": "https://stockhead.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GettyImages-1319707358-1200x675-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T01:47:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5d4d8dde6419e0e60650a46ed99b3f43",
                "name": "Stockhead",
                "url": "https://stockhead.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5bbde20e674f927a35c243a41e05fe50",
            "title": "ANSTO Secures Funding for New Brain Cancer Treatment",
            "description": "Key PointsANSTO has secured a $1.62 million Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant under the Australian Brain Cancer Mission's 2024 Brain Cancer",
            "content": "\"In glioblastoma and DIPG, we hit what clinicians sometimes call the 'geometry wall'; we can see and treat the bulk tumour, but the disease has already spread beyond what our scans can reliably define,\" said Dr Safavi-Naeini. \"We need smarter ways to... [1793 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/ansto-secures-funding-for-new-brain-cancer-1583221/",
            "image": "https://www.ansto.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_image/public/2025-12/NCEPT%20team%202025.jpg?itok=eV3z8y7z",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T01:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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