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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": 178382,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0ebf818f240c2ea0b0e216a573b4cfa6",
            "title": "Ion Channel: New Hope for Parkinson's Drug Development",
            "description": "Researchers decipher the function of an ion channel involved in cellular degradation processes and create new possibilities for Parkinson's",
            "content": "Researchers decipher the function of an ion channel involved in cellular degradation processes and create new possibilities for Parkinson's therapies.\nWashbowls, bathtubs, and sinks are all fitted with overflows to stop water from sloshing over the e... [4315 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/ion-channel-new-hope-for-parkinsons-drug-1603492/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2017%2F10%2F04%2F09%2F56%2Fchemist-2815640_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T18:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54156c5be106260336e2741e53289116",
            "title": "Shifting blame: Public opinion on opioid crisis responsibility divides along political lines",
            "description": "Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.",
            "content": "Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. However, political differences over who is ... [3330 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260116/Shifting-blame-Public-opinion-on-opioid-crisis-responsibility-divides-along-political-lines.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Opioids-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T18:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "374d398f988cfb6f72f86515bfe73e2d",
            "title": "Hepatitis A cases identified in Tamworth",
            "description": "HUNTER New England Local Health District is asking the Tamworth community and visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival to be aware of hepatitis A and its symptoms after six cases have been notified in the area since November last year. Three cases have occurred in one household, while the source of infection for the […]",
            "content": "HUNTER New England Local Health District is asking the Tamworth community and visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival to be aware of hepatitis A and its symptoms after six cases have been notified in the area since November last year.\nThree c... [3746 chars]",
            "url": "https://moreeonlinenews.com.au/2026/01/17/hepatitis-a-cases-identified-in-tamworth/",
            "image": "https://moreeonlinenews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/USEHepA002.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T18:07:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "71862ff1ac83907b2c47272577005b66",
                "name": "Moree Online News",
                "url": "https://moreeonlinenews.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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