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": 177216,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6bfdfe85cea8ebbca898fc41d4e22852",
            "title": "Is it true that … your lungs regenerate when you quit smoking?",
            "description": "Our lungs have evolved to heal from damage, but for some cigarettes will cause changes beyond the body’s ability to fix them",
            "content": "It used to be thought that the lungs couldn’t regenerate,” says Dr Charlotte Dean, head of the lung development and disease group at Imperial College London. “But we know now that’s not the case. Broadly speaking, they can repair when you quit smokin... [1487 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/04/is-it-true-that-your-lungs-regenerate-when-you-quit-smoking",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/552bea1e44732733d29fc01e588280c5a4e2fd89/1_0_1514_1211/master/1514.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=0dce076fac313b6b7bd747733bf5cd27",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T07:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "98b30d2ce1bed2f1aa72366794c1048e",
            "title": "New Methods Unveiled to Enhance MS Nerve Repair",
            "description": "MS is the most common chronic neurological disease among young adults globally, with no drugs capable of repairing nerve damage available. A doctoral",
            "content": "MS (multiple sclerosis) is most prevalent in Northern Europe and Canada, and more common in the northernmost latitudes. In recent years, the number of cases has grown particularly among women.\nThe disease causes the patient's own immune system to att... [3489 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/new-methods-unveiled-to-enhance-ms-nerve-repair-1666748/",
            "image": "https://www.helsinki.fihttps://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/styles/linkbox_image_16_10_mobile/s3/media-image/hermosoluja_myeliinituppia.png.webp?itok=NwN3du_K",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T06:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "22242a8b11b888cb577edcf43407f6aa",
            "title": "The link between colic and food allergy",
            "description": "While unlikely causative, colic could be an early indicator of those at risk and prompt greater focus on early and consistent food allergen introduction.",
            "content": "While unlikely causative, colic could be an early indicator of those at risk and prompt greater focus on early and consistent food allergen introduction.\nInfant colic has often been dismissed as a transient or benign condition, but new research sugge... [4664 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/the-link-between-colic-and-food-allergy/125410",
            "image": "https://d1svk58pjf7hyt.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/05093253/logo_icon_black-105x105.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T06:25:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "23a570cc598fbd55d40ac6f744068077",
                "name": "Medical Republic",
                "url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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