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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": 163660,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ce86662f2b761f49c4e8b34f807d09e1",
            "title": "Covid Infection Boosts Mask-wearing, Study Finds",
            "description": "Researchers in Japan reveal that personal experience with the virus heightens awareness of \"silent infection,\" leading to more consistent preventive",
            "content": "Researchers at The University of Osaka have found that individuals in Japan who have been infected with COVID-19 are more likely to wear masks than those who have not. In a four-year-long study, they discovered this change is not driven by fear, but ... [2250 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/covid-infection-boosts-mask-wearing-study-finds-1610962/",
            "image": "https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/research/2025/20260122_1/@@images/534a8923-5fa5-4384-9365-7d3051dd3a3d.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T02:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b3834c00079c11cd5b5192636589a57",
            "title": "Australia closely monitoring Nipah virus, no change to border control",
            "description": "The federal government is closely monitoring an outbreak of Nipah virus in India but has not received any advice to tighten border controls at this stage.",
            "content": "The federal health minister says there are no immediate plans to tighten border controls after cases of a deadly virus were detected in India.\nNipah virus has been detected in two people in West Bengal and countries across Asia are stepping up health... [3727 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-30/nipah-virus-no-border-control-changes-australia/106286138",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/2b4046b6720e8165b3845de8146639d8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1395&cropW=2480&xPos=0&yPos=464&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T00:47:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4051f1094056cc6cc5d57712f58ed722",
            "title": "Lifestyle factors increase risk, new research shows, as cases in young Australians jump",
            "description": "It recently claimed the life of musician Rob Hirst, and this silent disease is predicted to become Australia’s second most lethal cancer by 2030.",
            "content": "Advertisement\nThis little organ is rarely thought about – and it’s costing lives\nJanuary 30, 2026 — 11:45am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles t... [5896 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/this-little-organ-is-rarely-thought-about-and-it-s-costing-lives-20260116-p5nun4.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.689%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_616%2C$y_197/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/e26fe76d9f860fcad827cda642e3a0190806b7d0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T00:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "theage.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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