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": 196830,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4c18cf127c01e9c3e434b919408b1c8e",
            "title": "Prevention fails when access fails",
            "description": "Australia already knows what prevents chronic disease. The system still struggles to deliver it.",
            "content": "Australia already knows what prevents chronic disease. The system still struggles to deliver it.\nAustralia does not have a prevention knowledge problem.\nWe have spent decades educating people about exercise, smoking, diet, stress, blood pressure and ... [6335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/prevention-fails-when-access-fails/47068",
            "image": "https://img.healthservicesdaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/06/12135432/rehab.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T05:38:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6bced637313d2ed349ed995fe34085f0",
                "name": "Health Services Daily",
                "url": "https://www.healthservicesdaily.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4483f35cca6ae4cc9b6c2adc4afbe692",
            "title": "DNA Links Raccoon Bacteria to Humans Via Rivers",
            "description": "The emerging infectious bacterium Escherichia albertii has caused outbreaks of severe food poisoning and hospitalized people through contaminated",
            "content": "The emerging infectious bacterium Escherichia albertii has caused outbreaks of severe food poisoning and hospitalized people through contaminated water and foods, such as salad ingredients. Now, a new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) ha... [3436 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/dna-links-raccoon-bacteria-to-humans-via-rivers-1691311/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2017%2F07%2F13%2F12%2F55%2Fpuzzle-2500333_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T05:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "16b7ba950189b6e2499f690839c98e5e",
            "title": "Flu season warning",
            "description": "Australians are urged not to be complacent and to get their flu vaccination heading into winter.",
            "content": "Despite the drop in cases, RACGP president Dr Michael Wright said last year was the worst year on record of flu cases and people must not be complacent.\n“We are seeing fewer cases of the flu than last year, but that doesn’t mean we can be complacent,... [1361 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sheppnews.com.au/news/flu-season-warning-following-record-breaking-year/",
            "image": "https://imengine.public.prod.mmg.navigacloud.com?uuid=4ee70088-c6e0-5fe9-8dcc-6139b9983ec5&function=original&type=preview",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T03:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef4782c82de5b301cb50e61b48fec759",
                "name": "Shepparton News",
                "url": "https://www.sheppnews.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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