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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": 166906,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5db270dd4576a4d27895ff6512f2fd2e",
            "title": "New GP guidance for women with high breast density",
            "description": "The guidance confirms patients with dense breasts will be advised to consult their GP to discuss breast cancer risk.",
            "content": "New guidance aimed at GPs managing and advising women with high breast density has been published this week by the Australian Government.\nThe Breast Density GP Guidance is designed to help bring national consistency to advice about the risks for wome... [3984 chars]",
            "url": "https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/new-gp-guidance-for-women-with-high-breast-density",
            "image": "https://www1.racgp.org.au/getattachment/589a391e-c3a9-476d-8708-928bce449d1f/New-GP-guidance-for-women-with-high-breast-density.aspx",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T04:14:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7c8f5681a87b14a2d9325259b4120bf7",
                "name": "Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)",
                "url": "https://www1.racgp.org.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "464236c186b527b4e1afebd60888d31e",
            "title": "CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on website",
            "description": "A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web page that previously made the case that vaccines don't cause...",
            "content": "The CDC has changed a claim on its website about vaccines not causing autism. Photo: AP PHOTO\nThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recast the vaccine safety section of its website to align with the view of Health Secretary Robert F. ... [5362 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9117180/cdc-adopts-kennedys-anti-vaccine-views-on-website/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/d6214139-c594-4d14-a7d8-a4a98d97e904.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T03:20:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5650e94a5ac7a6e72b01ea2c264362f4",
            "title": "Schoolies warned about potentially fatal illness that can be mistaken for flu, hangover",
            "description": "Parents and teenagers are being urged to be aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease as tens of thou...",
            "content": "Parents and teenagers are being urged to be aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease as tens of thousands of students prepare for schoolies.\nThe number of meningococcal cases recorded in Australia this year has reached 102.\nTeenagers aged betwe... [1854 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/parents-and-teenagers-warned-about-meningococcal-risks-ahead-of-end-of-school-celebrations/3445be1d-ae5e-4d14-aacf-c943882039e7",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/Gsn_9ZmSxOUkZBwclEOxvet8lk8=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fec7c908d-0ef6-46ea-a6db-cbd3416acf80",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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