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Australia Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 170638,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bd9703fb8d73bd92dc07c9746e2eb59e",
            "title": "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: New origins and biomarkers revealed",
            "description": "Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and their international collaborators have identified key developmental and molecular differences between the two main subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL. The findings, published in PLOS ONE, show that mutated and unmutated forms of CLL may originate from distinct stages of B cell development, offering new insight into disease mechanisms and biomarker discovery.",
            "content": "Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and their international collaborators have identified key developmental and molecular differences between the two main subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL. The findings, published in PLOS ONE... [2149 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia-biomarkers-revealed.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2025/study-reveals-new-orig.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T17:03:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d1133ea9e4d7fd87f46a82f67f3cb26e",
            "title": "Extending yeast lifespan boosts biosynthetic output of valuable compounds",
            "description": "Metabolic engineering has enabled the construction of efficient microbial cell factories, but cellular aging and the accumulation of toxic metabolites during prolonged fed-batch fermentation induce metabolic stress, which ultimately reduces cell productivity. Extending cellular lifespan represents an effective strategy to enhance biosynthetic capacity.",
            "content": "Metabolic engineering has enabled the construction of efficient microbial cell factories, but cellular aging and the accumulation of toxic metabolites during prolonged fed-batch fermentation induce metabolic stress, which ultimately reduces cell prod... [1891 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-11-yeast-lifespan-boosts-biosynthetic-output.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2021/yeast-saccharomyces-ce.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T16:51:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b1639d43089a7afe73ceccd8997dce9",
            "title": "Should we eat dinner earlier in winter? Why timing might matter more than you think",
            "description": "Aligning mealtimes with your body’s natural rhythms can help steady energy, mood and sleep through the darker months.",
            "content": "Once the clocks have gone back and darkness falls before many of us even leave work, the rhythms of winter can feel heavier — shorter days, darker evenings, and often, later dinners. But shifting when we eat during the winter could make these months ... [5793 chars]",
            "url": "https://theconversation.com/should-we-eat-dinner-earlier-in-winter-why-timing-might-matter-more-than-you-think-269559",
            "image": "https://images.theconversation.com/files/703105/original/file-20251118-56-ps4gt8.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C480%2C4544%2C2272&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-18T16:50:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344b3e5c4a3152c0cbebe5418ae064b7",
                "name": "The Conversation",
                "url": "https://theconversation.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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