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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": 178324,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "52ea30a5e5894e4c0147dfa8071cf308",
            "title": "Campylobacter Risk Rises As Sparrows Enter Dairy Barns 🐦",
            "description": "New U.S. research examines whether house sparrows are amplifying Campylobacter risks for dairy herds and food safety. 🐦",
            "content": "While dairy cows are known reservoirs of Campylobacter, Ayala’s work is examining whether house sparrows act as overlooked vectors, potentially introducing additional bacterial loads that elevate infection pressure within herds. According to the rese... [4269 chars]",
            "url": "https://en.edairynews.com/campylobacter-risk-rises-as-sparrows/",
            "image": "https://en.edairynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Campylobacter-Risk-Rises-as-Sparrows-Enter-Dairy-Barns-🐦.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T13:41:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "88f218404d1294ae7c8047dc66d51142",
                "name": "en.edairynews.com",
                "url": "https://en.edairynews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d956527f823965d3ac466fbd03cc7d39",
            "title": "Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu - an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard",
            "description": "The 2025-26 ‘super’ flu can come with vomiting and diarrhea, alongside the more typical aches and pains of flu.",
            "content": "Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the week ending Dec. 27, 2025, 831 people were hospitalized with influenza – the most since the state started tracking flu cases two decades ago. Hospitalizations eased the following week t... [6467 chars]",
            "url": "https://theconversation.com/colorado-ranks-among-the-highest-states-in-the-country-for-flu-an-emergency-room-physician-describes-why-the-2025-26-flu-season-is-hitting-hard-273069",
            "image": "https://images.theconversation.com/files/712026/original/file-20260112-56-e3a360.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C407%2C4320%2C2160&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T13:12:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344b3e5c4a3152c0cbebe5418ae064b7",
                "name": "The Conversation",
                "url": "https://theconversation.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ad1a274aed633450362cbbcf22ae339b",
            "title": "Diet vs exercise: which is more important?",
            "description": "A few weeks into the new year you might be reassessing your resolutions and wondering where to put your energy. \nIs it possible to choose between diet or exercise? Or are the two inherently intertwined?\nNorman and Tegan try to untangle the untangleable, pitting diet and exercise against one another in different arenas. \nReferences:\nThe history of nutritional sciences \nCasimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin' \nHow the Seven Countries Study contributed to the definition and development of the Mediterranean diet concept: A 50-year journey \nCoronary Heart Disease and Physical Activity of Work\nLong-term effectiveness of diet-plus-exercise interventions vs. diet-only interventions for weight loss: a meta-analysis \nEfficacy of dietary intervention or in combination with exercise on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review \nDiet or diet plus physical activity versus usual care in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: the Early ACTID randomised controlled trial \nTrading off dietary choices, physical exercise and cardiovascular disease risks \nIf you enjoyed this episode, check these out!\nWhy Norman won't shut up about the Mediterranean diet\nWhy the carnivore diet is so risky\nIs botox worth a shot?",
            "content": "Tegan Taylor: Norman, are you familiar with the game 'Would You Rather'?\nNorman Swan: No, but what would I rather do?\nTegan Taylor: Well, basically it's would you rather have feet for hands, or hands for feet, that sort of thing.\nNorman Swan: Oh righ... [20967 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/diet-vs-exercise-which-is-better/106114630",
            "image": "https://www.abc.net.au/core-assets/listen/abc-listen.png?imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T13:09:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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