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": 197406,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f82e35614881cec468fd501f184f9559",
            "title": "H5N1 bird flu a deadly threat to native duck species already menaced from all angles",
            "description": "Australia's native duck species were already threatened by urban sprawl, climate change, hunting and habitat degradation. Now H5N1 bird flu has been discovered on our shores.",
            "content": "Avian influenza represents an existential threat to Australia's native duck population, according to Birdlife Australia waterbird scientists.\nThe H5N1 virus could potentially put further pressure on the 15 indigenous duck species already menaced by h... [6897 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/australian-native-ducks-threatened-by-avian-bird-flu-h5n1/106839604",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0cee87309b1b7832b719c310b3e947f5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=991&cropW=1762&xPos=15&yPos=514&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T19:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8476029d00e48343245bbde72958a3f0",
            "title": "The Australian",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Australian",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-theaustralian-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T19:27:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "040ec4d20a7088bb40bc387de56b5993",
            "title": "Steroid Rosacea Redefined: New Class Boosts Treatment",
            "description": "Doctors have long confused two steroid-induced facial skin conditions, leading to wrong treatments and poor outcomes. A new viewpoint paper clearly",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nSteroid Rosacea Redefined: New Class Boosts Treatment\nDoctors have long confused two steroid-induced facial skin conditions, leading to wrong treatments and poor outcomes. A new viewpoint paper clearly separates steroid-induce... [1292 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/steroid-rosacea-redefined-new-class-boosts-1700292/",
            "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": "2026-06-26T16:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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