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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": 172480,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e7ecbd3a5489d890674874a5864e5098",
            "title": "BBVs in Aged Care: Everyday Precautions, Everyday Respect",
            "description": "Register now for a short, practical webinar for nurses working in aged and residential care....",
            "content": "Register now for a short, practical webinar for nurses working in aged and residential care. As people live longer with blood-borne viruses (BBVs) such as HIV and hepatitis B, more residents in aged care will have a BBV as part of their health histor... [917 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/event/bbvs-in-aged-care-everyday-precautions-everyday-respect/",
            "image": "https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image-to-accompany-event-listing.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T22:45:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9f360d6ed12f8695ba22725be1fb8fa8",
                "name": "Australian Ageing Agenda",
                "url": "https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "98c87e70c6749c22fdabc94f1bbe14a8",
            "title": "Safety review links herb in popular cold and flu supplements with life",
            "description": "The TGA says people taking popular cold and flu supplements face the risk of life-threatening anaphylaxis from a herbal ingredient.",
            "content": "A herb found in popular cold and flu supplements in Australia has officially been linked with life-threatening anaphylaxis.\nThe Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has completed a safety review of Andrographis paniculata, which is used in approxim... [5985 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/safety-review-finds-fatal-anaphylaxis-link-with-supplement/106542870",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/66f3ceb069645725cdf4ddf4551d70d7?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2807&cropW=4991&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T20:29:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec058d2093c11cc340e52c29fbd19c2a",
            "title": "Research Uncovers Sex, Race Gaps in US IBS Diagnoses",
            "description": "A national survey study led by UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found significant disparities in how irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is",
            "content": "A national survey study led by UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found significant disparities in how irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is diagnosed across sex and racial groups in the U.S., with men and Black patients considerably less lik... [4202 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/research-uncovers-sex-race-gaps-in-us-ibs-1652990/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1578496479939-722d9dd1cc5b%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D750%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T19:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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