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": 189206,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fa25b8e45febc4eb1e976e98d99218dd",
            "title": "How three Red Cross volunteers became the first victims of the latest Ebola outbreak",
            "description": "The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was declared an emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization on Sunday.",
            "content": "IN BRIEF\nThe three volunteers are thought to have contracted the virus during dead body management activities.\nBodies of Ebola victims are highly infectious ‌after death.\nThe Red Cross announced overnight that three volunteers had died in the Democra... [3084 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/red-cross-volunteers-die-from-ebola/uxc4swbwi",
            "image": "https://assets.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/3ba81a2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2813+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2Fcb%2F11%2F901cdc544905ba927c040d357653%2Febola-congo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T03:51:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a357287e7a54449c2cf5b80793a74a5",
                "name": "SBS Australia",
                "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f030b4bf8b4f8315f160706c10a14225",
            "title": "Congo reports more than 200 suspected Ebola deaths",
            "description": "More than 200 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from Ebola, as authorities battle to...",
            "content": "There's been more than 200 Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: EPA PHOTO\nThe death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise.\nSubscribe now for unlimited access .\nor signup to continue ... [5145 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9252346/congo-reports-more-than-200-suspected-ebola-deaths/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/c51aa88c-fe19-47d4-b713-2f345ecaea7b.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T02:40:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a0afa7afc6a18f24014afea818fba199",
            "title": "Sharp rise in nAMD not just from ageing, study finds",
            "description": "Factors beyond population ageing and common vascular comorbidities are likely contributing to the rising burden of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), a new study suggests.",
            "content": "Factors beyond population ageing and common vascular comorbidities are likely contributing to the rising burden of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), a new study suggests.\nThe large study found the prevalence and treatment burden of... [3885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/sharp-rise-in-namd-not-just-from-ageing-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AdobeStock_1193720574.jpeg-imtmphoto.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-23T21:50:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "265cc67bee3358f7fb310ee8c6d022f8",
                "name": "insightnews.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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