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": 195192,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "61d9b5812862150cdf22b1683c2d1e33",
            "title": "Australia's suspected H5 bird flu case 'sobering but not unexpected'",
            "description": "Over recent years avian influenza has made its way across the globe. Now Australia has a suspected case. Here's what we know.",
            "content": "For years Australia has remained the last continent to avoid the deadly H5 strain of avian influenza.\nNow a suspected positive case has hit our shores.\nHere's what we know so far.\nWhat do we know about this suspected case?\nThe suspected bird flu case... [6637 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/suspected-australian-h5-bird-flu-case-explained/106819846",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ecfb4ebd87899205ffe308d9268548a0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2810&cropW=4995&xPos=0&yPos=346&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T18:58:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7dc1b2d69d36af29ed10e08156c18e60",
            "title": "H5N1 Bird Flu Lurked Undetected in Dairy Cattle",
            "description": "PITTSBURGH— When H5N1 bird flu first began infecting U.S. cattle in early 2024, diagnosis was elusive, because in cows, the disease looked completely",
            "content": "PITTSBURGH— When H5N1 bird flu first began infecting U.S. cattle in early 2024, diagnosis was elusive, because in cows, the disease looked completely different. Instead of affecting the lungs, as H5N1 does in other mammalian species, it caused severe... [4883 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/h5n1-bird-flu-lurked-undetected-in-dairy-cattle-1695917/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1543286386-713bdd548da4%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D750%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T18:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d551508286d3d4db2c39f675e8d9cdfc",
            "title": "Sri Lanka dengue fever cases surge to 44,000 cases this year",
            "description": "STORY: :: Schools, homes and public buildings are sprayed as Sri Lanka fights a major dengue fever outbreak\n:: Colombo, Sri Lanka / June 19, 2026\n:: 44,000 cases and at...",
            "content": "STORY: :: Schools, homes and public buildings are sprayed as Sri Lanka fights a major dengue fever outbreak\n:: Colombo, Sri Lanka / June 19, 2026\n:: 44,000 cases and at least 28 deaths have been recorded in the tropical country this year\n:: Dr Prahil... [1483 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/sri-lanka-dengue-fever-cases-surge-to-44-000-cases-this-year-ce7f5cd2df8af023",
            "image": "https://www.marketscreener.com/images/twitter_MS_fdnoir.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T16:00:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5dd367a5adcd264fd2823fd137184f78",
                "name": "marketscreener.com",
                "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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