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": 190252,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3aebb0e23fe5497102b67c794ec0e346",
            "title": "New health alert for Aussie capital",
            "description": "Health officials have issued a health alert for an Aussie capital after a returning traveller visited multiple locations while unknowingly infectious.",
            "content": "Health officials have issued an alert for people in Sydney to monitor for signs and symptoms of measles after a case was confirmed.\nNew South Wales Health said the person visited various locations across Sydney including a healthcare facility while u... [2685 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/health-alert-aussie-capital-071526241.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/pwF1TbETZreJ8Nmmr4tY1w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzY7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/nca_newswire_424/05a7f64307825d616c8324214d5524f9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T07:15:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "73b26bb42278526af32dc834a6cab6c4",
                "name": "Yahoo News Australia",
                "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "667c20a5b84b25d4e40435c727025b80",
            "title": "Shellfish Reefs In Moreton Bay To Be Restored",
            "description": "Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and WaterKara Cook MP, Member for BonnerThe Albanese Government is investing $1.5 million to",
            "content": "Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water\nKara Cook MP, Member for Bonner\nThe Albanese Government is investing $1.5 million to restore shellfish reefs in Moreton Bay, which have been lost due to historical harvesting, coasta... [2260 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/shellfish-reefs-in-moreton-bay-to-be-restored-1662450/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2021%2F04%2F22%2F10%2F46%2Fparliament-house-6198690__340.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T06:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47e47d15da6dbfaa998ae68a167db306",
            "title": "Aboriginal Sexual Health Workshop",
            "description": "The Aboriginal sexual health workshop is an Aboriginal-led and designed event aiming to build confidence in communication and combat shame and stigma",
            "content": "The Aboriginal sexual health workshop is an Aboriginal-led and designed event aiming to build confidence in communication and combat shame and stigma when discussing sexual health.\nDelivered by the NT Health Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Unit (... [1376 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/aboriginal-sexual-health-workshop-1662434/",
            "image": "https://health.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0003/1609032/aboriginal-sexual-health-workshop.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T05:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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