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": 194204,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b58b5caa11754074fe167aa093e4e6e8",
            "title": "Dr Gayatri Seewoogoolam: New clinic offers menopause answers",
            "description": "Women in Albury gain support at Dr Gayatri Seewoogoolam's new clinic. Learn how compounded bio-identical hormones provide holistic wellbeing for menopause.",
            "content": "Imagine standing firmly at the peak of your career when suddenly the sharp mental clarity and extra \"umph\" that got you there begins to slip away.\nBrain fog, lack of focus, hot flushes and irritability take control of your day. This situation is the ... [3177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/9284953/dr-gayatri-seewoogoolam-new-clinic-offers-menopause-answers/",
            "image": "https://www.bordermail.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/hAYf5uV8h5f2xWYCvhVdDZ/343c7617-54a2-42b7-84e7-0b451823217d.jpg/r0_244_6000_3394_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T22:00:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1977e4bcf2021ae8a55ff3435b1539fb",
                "name": "The Border Mail",
                "url": "https://www.bordermail.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1fc52fbb12028f6aa53b8f277248d7ec",
            "title": "DR Congo warns of 'rapid' community spread of Ebola",
            "description": "The ‌World Health Organisation chief has announced a $US518 million six-month plan to fight Ebola, ‌voicing ‌optimism ⁠the...",
            "content": "Combating Ebola requires ‌political commitment, finances and engaging communities, the WHO says. Photo: AP PHOTO\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo says 71 new Ebola cases have been confirmed in ‌a 24-hour period and warns of rapid community transmissi... [4949 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9287147/dr-congo-warns-of-rapid-community-spread-of-ebola/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/3a019fe8-f841-4641-af01-5c56b1cf40ae.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T20:54:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24608a772b58b9621a491b4201703fda",
            "title": "Uterine cancer is increasing in Australia, but most women have never heard of it",
            "description": "The incidence of the cancer has doubled over the past 25 years. But it's also a disease without a public profile, which means many women aren't aware of the warning signs or the risk factors.",
            "content": "Within nine short weeks, 56-year-old Simone Crerar went from complaining about abdominal pain, to dying in her sleep.\nIt was a sharp decline her brother Scott Crerar still struggles to come to terms with.\n\"It just happened so quickly,\" Mr Crerar said... [5686 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2026-06-06/uterine-cancers-increasing-gynaecological-australia/106736342",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/11d25899e96c3789e937fea7c4eb646c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=489&cropW=870&xPos=0&yPos=17&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T18:53:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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