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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": 171618,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "301c6ec106e692ef6a5d1a265758b284",
            "title": "Bereaved mum backs brain cancer research centre",
            "description": "Brain Tumour Research announces a £2.6m investment to establish a research centre in Nottingham.",
            "content": "A mother who lost her son to an aggressive form of brain cancer has welcomed plans for a new university research centre.\nBrain Tumour Research has announced a £2.6m investment to establish a centre of excellence at the University of Nottingham, which... [2910 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/bereaved-mum-backs-brain-cancer-084323153.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vXy9Eb3RzU3BsYXNoVWkvZGF0YS9iYXRjaGV4ZWN1dGU&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALd2ojE6JISgWRvJIVGhjJPDdAWoJICM9HNNRKLjnwqnyQj_7G7R0KCkXI1Sz36iLNjmUSjuV-bKTKsAgO-qbdWL5BcBcNN1xsScJWUChPAUVrYTGYte_Oy2SmZF1GnRWiPuKWRb4HGEcsxFStXka12nRG_geBQl4zkQ8K_aYVcn&_guc_consent_skip=1765625419",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/bbc_us_articles_995/45e21815826320269173c31b76d3f573",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-13T08:43:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f05d56e5153ab079fe96c33d346d0dc",
            "title": "Heroin found in powder sold as common anti-anxiety drug Xanax, Victorian Pill Testing Service warns",
            "description": "The discovery highlights a high risk of overdose.",
            "content": "The Victorian Pill Testing Service has released an overdose warning about illegal drugs sold as a common anti-anxiety medication.\nThe confidential drug checking service raised the alarm on Friday after heroin was found in a powder that had been sold ... [1232 chars]",
            "url": "https://7news.com.au/news/heroin-found-in-powder-sold-as-common-anti-anxiety-drug-xanax-victorian-pill-testing-service-warns-c-20989881",
            "image": "https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-20989881/21bbd7bfb13b9b44d1cacf016c494cab66ce60db-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-13T04:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a1eb61eb6c31bab5a24eb2032eec9908",
                "name": "7NEWS",
                "url": "https://7news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2fe48e4b5d517cb183763755ff9c990a",
            "title": "Hendra Virus Detected in Northern Territory",
            "description": "The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has confirmed the Northern Territory's first detection of Hendra virus in a bat, following a",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nHendra Virus Detected in Northern Territory\nThe Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has confirmed the Northern Territory's first detection of Hendra virus in a bat, following a positive test result on 11 December 202... [1490 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/hendra-virus-detected-in-northern-territory-1589428/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F08%2F05%2F11%2F58%2Fhealth-4385848_1280.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-13T02:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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