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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": 47209,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Iguana Bit 3-Year-Old on Finger for Her Cake Causing Rare Infection",
            "description": "Scientists say the iguana's behavior was strange and rare, as the reptile keeps to itself and typically eats plants.",
            "content": "In a rare attack, an iguana bit a child for her cake in Costa Rica.\nFive months later, a strange cyst began to grow on the site the girl was bitten.\nScientists found that the girl was infected with a rare bacteria, possibly the first from an iguana b... [3250 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.insider.com/child-rare-infection-iguana-bite-scientists-study-2023-4",
            "image": "https://i.insider.com/642871ed72b7290018d22a73?width=1200&format=jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2023-04-01T19:20:10Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Insider",
                "url": "https://www.insider.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Why embracing discomfort will help you thrive",
            "description": "If you want to feel your best, you need to shake things up and embrace discomfort.",
            "content": "Neuroscientist Paul Taylor is concerned about how comfortable our lives are. With almost everything at our fingertips, he says life has never been easier. And yet the author of Death by Comfort says adults nowadays are “the most overweight, depressed... [1137 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/the-secret-to-thriving-in-life-it-s-not-about-being-comfortable-20230321-p5ctwz.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.23635796567989872%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_58/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/9718b4936c066ebf40a32050fca538caae602c29",
            "publishedAt": "2023-04-01T19:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Taylor Cullen: Day on a plate",
            "description": "Taylor Cullen of ‘garden to table’ restaurant Chiswick in Sydney’s Woollahra shares what he eats to fuel his day.",
            "content": "Top marks for … A nutrient-dense lunch and dinner. Both offer a nice balance of animal and plant foods. The animal foods deliver nutrients that are not present or are less well absorbed from plant foods, while the plants provide fibre, vitamins, and ... [613 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/a-litre-of-coconut-water-and-dark-chocolate-gets-this-chef-through-the-afternoon-20230323-p5cups.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5174%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_73/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/a28210ac6f20b06d3dc5136ba2c2135a4104dd74",
            "publishedAt": "2023-04-01T19:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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