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": 188416,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4c6d72932d37f96c40268905dc037ebc",
            "title": "Experimental drug shows promise for some patients with advanced prostate cancer",
            "description": "For men with advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to standard hormone therapies, treatment options are limited—and time matters. As the disease progresses, the window for effective, less intensive treatments begins to close. A multi-institutional clinical trial led by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Emory University tested whether an experimental drug could extend the effectiveness of existing therapies.",
            "content": "For men with advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to standard hormone therapies, treatment options are limited—and time matters. As the disease progresses, the window for effective, less intensive treatments begins to close. A multi-insti... [5887 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-experimental-drug-patients-advanced-prostate.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/older-man.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T18:00:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6c9ef45fc161313382ad8349a57b615e",
            "title": "WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test",
            "description": "The total number of confirmed global hantavirus cases stands at 10, the World Health Organisation says as several...",
            "content": "The crew and passengers of the MV Hondius have been quarantined in several countries. Photo: AP PHOTO\nA World Health Organisation official says the ‌United States has confirmed an individual who had an inconclusive test was later confirmed to be nega... [3821 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9247740/who-revises-down-global-hantavirus-cases-after-us-test/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/91aa6e34-b31d-4ec2-a6cd-5bc0cfd13772.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T16:18:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d7c80b054e58e6aff74e6f3edae894b8",
            "title": "At least 65 dead in latest Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo",
            "description": "Environmental science and conservation news",
            "content": "A new Ebola outbreak has been declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to an announcement made by The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on May 15.\nSixty-five people have died and around 246 susp... [2608 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/at-least-65-dead-in-latest-ebola-outbreak-in-eastern-dr-congo/",
            "image": "https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/05/15160241/AP26135299264877-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T16:13:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9aa91626e2606ab79192d32e90bbab76",
                "name": "Mongabay",
                "url": "https://news.mongabay.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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