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": 190644,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ce661791844e27dd93682e6b04186fc9",
            "title": "Hospital Stays Impact Dementia Patients' Well-being",
            "description": "Kyoto, Japan -- Dementia makes most things in life more difficult, including hospital care. Though often essential for patients suffering from severe",
            "content": "Kyoto, Japan -- Dementia makes most things in life more difficult, including hospital care. Though often essential for patients suffering from severe acute illness, hospital care can be confusing for persons with dementia, or PWD. Compared to older a... [2829 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/hospital-stays-impact-dementia-patients-well-1688433/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1581595220921-eec2071e5159%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T21:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "afd5c14e515d64a91e6a4fdef5bb5344",
            "title": "MIT Affiliates Scoop 2026 Breakthrough, Horizons Prizes",
            "description": "A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.Stuart H. Orkin '67 shared a Breakthrough",
            "content": "A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.\nStuart H. Orkin '67 shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with Swee Lay Thein for their research transforming sickle cell disease and bet... [1783 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/mit-affiliates-scoop-2026-breakthrough-horizons-1688417/",
            "image": "https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/202606/breakthrough-26.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T20:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3637b238c75c34afd36c19fc2380828a",
            "title": "‘Really urgent’: Teen vaccine rates tumble, leaving cancer elimination in doubt",
            "description": "Australia’s ambitious goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 is under threat amid a worrying decline in HPV vaccinations across the country.",
            "content": "June 9, 2026 — 6:30am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nAustralia’s goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 is under threat amid a worrying national decline in vaccinations.\nAdolesce... [6426 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/really-urgent-teen-vaccine-rates-tumble-leaving-cancer-elimination-in-doubt-20260608-p604sa.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.49027777777777776%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_22/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/e72c3d68f4b6e20f577ecd6de0beb6e167e522c44cafdad7d2b430f2facc8af8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T20:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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