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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": 181650,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bd23cbb33a78c38a58af095c101f6ca4",
            "title": "The Australian Centre for Disease Control: hopes, challenges and expectations for the road ahead",
            "description": "The inaugural Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control, Professor Zoe Wainer, is due to start in the role",
            "content": "The inaugural Director-General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control, Professor Zoe Wainer, is due to start in the role in just a few weeks.\nIn reviewing the challenges ahead, Jason Staines says that whether the CDC becomes the trusted, coordi... [21535 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.croakey.org/the-australian-centre-for-disease-control-hopes-challenges-and-expectations-for-the-road-ahead/",
            "image": "https://www.croakey.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/meric-dagli-xxbh8yBkFVM-unsplash-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T10:45:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f0f03fa3ae10cbf8027a5f9f4dc7a99e",
                "name": "Croakey Health Media",
                "url": "https://www.croakey.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7833c2895041aae8f4ecfc5f8b901f7f",
            "title": "Illawarra cafes among new measles exposure sites in NSW",
            "description": "NSW Health warns of measles exposure in Illawarra cafes and other locations. Monitor for symptoms. Vaccination details inside.",
            "content": "File picture of a vaccine. Picture by Adam McLean\nA measles alert has been issued for multiple locations in NSW, including two cafes in the Illawarra.\nSubscribe now for unlimited access.\nor signup to continue reading\nSave 30%\nAll articles from our we... [4568 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/9174902/illawarra-cafes-among-new-measles-exposure-sites-in-nsw/",
            "image": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/230482368/44119ad3-5c7b-4e7b-b6f7-814b5d48ce15.jpg/r0_430_6064_3614_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T07:07:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8da4dccf436615c51294f2d902e6e4fa",
                "name": "Illawarra Mercury",
                "url": "https://www.illawarramercury.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "58424a82e7c4851d4da94a250d297a1b",
            "title": "‘Increased risk’: Major health alert for capital city",
            "description": "Health authorities are warning residents to be on high alert after three cases of a highly contagious disease were acquired locally.",
            "content": "Health authorities are warning NSW residents to be on high alert for symptoms of measles after four new cases were identified across the state.\nThree of the cases have not travelled overseas and acquired their infection within NSW.\n“Two of these loca... [1895 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/increased-risk-major-health-alert-064953756.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vXy9Eb3RzU3BsYXNoVWkvZGF0YS9iYXRjaGV4ZWN1dGU&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG51fbubXAq8GQ1kD8ZCiZKiQ58MN1EOcqgR7otfeLFbueslGqwKTWtFkgrYqU1PTe6n0c3SFtVJQ3IzrnEEAKQNxY_al2EWPynEMNI5XQDkajvXyRP1vPWIY4KwxSFU9JMMnrWtJXN1oqU8KHyFckMpS5oZ73G4xyAqvztorrzl&_guc_consent_skip=1770966929",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/hfJwvASg2xA93u_y2oq0zg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzY7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/nca_newswire_424/101c891d576b5325ff48007bd18de559",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T06:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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