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": 188524,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8167babd05bbe9550d17b2bbf20fd4e1",
            "title": "Ultra-processed foods damage your focus and may increase dementia risk, study finds",
            "description": "Even small increases in ultra-processed foods can lead to poorer brain function, regardless of diet quality, a new study has found.",
            "content": "In Brief\nEvery 10 per cent rise in ultra-processed foods can worsen focus and slower thinking.\nThese effects occur even in people following otherwise healthy diets.\nA new study has found that diets high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) could be quietl... [4545 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/new-study-finds-ultra-processed-foods-may-raise-dementia-risk-even-in-otherwise-healthy-diets/prdkk6tkb",
            "image": "https://assets.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/51e7b1e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2Fee%2Fe4%2Fba3f4a67446db338c5824276996c%2Fultra-processed-foods-header.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T07:19:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a357287e7a54449c2cf5b80793a74a5",
                "name": "SBS Australia",
                "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "245f192a861d4ceebf7f5c309b6fb963",
            "title": "Experts Probe Global Heart Transplant Decision Criteria",
            "description": "As demand for heart transplants continues to far exceed the number of available donor hearts, experts at today's 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific",
            "content": "As demand for heart transplants continues to far exceed the number of available donor hearts, experts at today's 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) explored a critical q... [4368 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/experts-probe-global-heart-transplant-decision-1662147/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1588600878108-578307a3cc9d%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D755%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T04:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "28787da002dedae66259a2bafc505b2b",
            "title": "Pediatric Sepsis Study: No Difference in Fluid Treatments",
            "description": "A large clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) compared two commonly used treatments for pediatric patients treated for",
            "content": "A large clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) compared two commonly used treatments for pediatric patients treated for septic shock and found no difference in meaningful outcomes. The trial, which enrolled over 9,000 par... [3603 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/pediatric-sepsis-study-no-difference-in-fluid-1662113/",
            "image": "https://www.nih.gov/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-04/2026042-saline.jpeg?itok=_xh31i5O",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T21:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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