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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": 174230,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "798ef1b06156156b4629d89dd5a6d10d",
            "title": "'Unusually long' flu season threatens to disrupt festive season",
            "description": "NSW Health is reporting an unusually long flu season with increasing numbers of patients presenting to hospitals with influenza-like illnesses.…",
            "content": "NSW Health is reporting an unusually long flu season with increasing numbers of patients presenting to hospitals with influenza-like illnesses.\nNSW Health Minister and Keira MP Ryan Park said recent NSW Health respiratory surveillance reports showed ... [2930 chars]",
            "url": "https://regionillawarra.com.au/unusually-long-flu-season-threatens-to-disrupt-festive-season/79981/",
            "image": "https://regionillawarra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025-06-12-Cold-and-Flu-1-1200x630.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T18:04:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c77324a5b7163324e42604cee5bb5fe",
                "name": "Region Illawarra",
                "url": "https://regionillawarra.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc88a1c81ef095ba8ef82a4114b5849f",
            "title": "First long-term study on COVID deaths suggests vaccines safe four years on",
            "description": "The first long-term study on the risks of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccine has found those who were vaccinated had a lower risk of dying from the infectious disease.",
            "content": "The first long-term study on the risks of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccine has found those who were vaccinated had a lower risk of dying from the infectious disease.\nThe study by French epidemiological group EPI-PHARE, analysed the data of 22.7 m... [1037 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/first-long-term-study-on-covid-deaths-suggests-vaccines-safe-four-years-on-c-20904483",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-20904483/1f1d97a3d84bbace360e9c5fcb078e69c5c082da-16x9-x0y64w1280h720.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T09:33:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ab424afdfc50af89db19b47d86c08f4b",
            "title": "Microplastics could be linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's",
            "description": "New research has found microplastics, which people ingest each year, could be linked to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.",
            "content": "A new study has discovered microplastics could be harming people's brains and may be linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.\nThe research found five ways the substance could trigger inflammation and damage in brains, accelerating or ag... [2298 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/9127966/microplastics-could-be-linked-to-alzheimers-and-parkinsons/",
            "image": "https://www.thesenior.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/249862822/afb482b1-e30c-4c0e-952c-ee2ad2603ef7.jpg/r0_425_6000_3575_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T07:04:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "594b86b833a9dc7db7bdbf74ed5e380b",
                "name": "thesenior.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.thesenior.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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