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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": 185226,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "310694ac27d278ef5dbc5f5f2b7e5fef",
            "title": "High Cortisol Symptoms in Women and Ways To Ease Stress Fast",
            "description": "Doctors reveal the sneaky symptoms of high cortisol in women, from 'moon face' to sugar cravings. Plus discover stress-busting tricks to restore calm.",
            "content": "You’ve probably heard the term “high cortisol” floating around lately, but do you know how to tell when your levels of this stress hormone are creeping up? The truth is, some high cortisol symptoms are surprisingly subtle, and you might be experienci... [5869 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.womansworld.com/wellness/high-cortisol-symptoms-in-women-and-ways-to-ease-stress-fast",
            "image": "https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/high-cortisol-symptoms.jpg?quality=86&strip=all",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T16:00:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "59b7e4c84540011afffa62d0ca93b13c",
                "name": "Woman's World",
                "url": "https://www.womansworld.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "22741880b3eaf0eed0f42ffb349a908f",
            "title": "Long Covid patients are forgotten, ex-GP says",
            "description": "The NHS in the North East and Cumbria is closing its last dedicated long Covid clinics this month.",
            "content": "A doctor whose career was ended by long Covid said living victims of the virus were being forgotten by politicians and the NHS.\nSusannah Thompson, 46 and from Blyth in Northumberland, contracted the virus in 2020 while treating Covid-19 patients, and... [4075 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/long-covid-patients-forgotten-ex-134159996.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/4iz08i.Y.Um4ZnHfezJ5eQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bbc_us_articles_995/c824b4034fd1afb14552d1c09459736b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T13:41:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c4313eecb5ed2cdeeb4006a0e140f63",
            "title": "Pancreatic cancer in Australia: persistent challenges and priorities",
            "description": "Pancreatic cancer must be recognised as a national health priority, supported by long-term investment in research, clinical innovation, workforce capability, and equitable access to care. According to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, deaths from pancreatic cancer have almost doubled in the past 20 years, have grown at 2.6 times the rate of …",
            "content": "Pancreatic cancer must be recognised as a national health priority, supported by long-term investment in research, clinical innovation, workforce capability, and equitable access to care.\nAccording to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ... [6952 chars]",
            "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/8/pancreatic-cancer-in-australia-persistent-challenges-and-priorities/",
            "image": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lead-image-2026-02-25T114420.480.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T13:15:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "74b3be1e44ce1f9603e4ee104bd718d7",
                "name": "The Medical Journal of Australia",
                "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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