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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": 176156,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1a5e3862179460ca75673fa176664c76",
            "title": "School boy's private battle: 'I've acknowledged that I can't change the past'",
            "description": "Alec was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, when he was just eight years old.\nAnd while ...",
            "content": "Alec was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, when he was just eight years old.\nAnd while he ultimately beat the disease, his hardships are far from over.\n\"The long lasting effects of the cancer treatment is always an uphill battle,\"... [4992 chars]",
            "url": "https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/international-childhood-cancer-day-the-kids-cancer-project-k-day-school-boy-alec/23df4680-1afd-4708-8282-0683f4b7629f",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/hqR9mjkJ7aT4FQIJH7m_U-3fDFc=/0x56:1512x907/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F9429c32c-efc7-4efe-8c5e-3ff68a4fc3e4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T23:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7b25c897a31822ebd6dfeea3f1dd5649",
                "name": "Nine Honey",
                "url": "https://honey.nine.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c794f4dfd5b3ea05870c336506569e8d",
            "title": "NZ Joins U=U Commitment for HIV",
            "description": "New Zealand has signed the global Call-to-Action on Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U), sending a strong signal of our commitment to ending HIV",
            "content": "New Zealand has signed the global Call-to-Action on Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U), sending a strong signal of our commitment to ending HIV transmission and ensuring people living with HIV can lead healthy lives free from stigma and discriminat... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nz-joins-uu-commitment-for-hiv-1619936/",
            "image": "https://www.parliament.nz/media/1944/an-event-in-parliament-grounds.jpg?center=0.26333333333333331,0.3725&mode=crop&width=500&heightratio=0.5630434782608695&rnd=130989643120000000",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T21:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "95178a5e8a4125d287e499ebfde48707",
            "title": "linked disease leptospirosis spreading south",
            "description": "Researchers say leptospirosis is emerging as a climate‑driven health threat in Australia, with frequent storms, floods and heatwaves pushing the disease further south.",
            "content": "Sylvia Morris was in her second year of veterinary science studies in Townsville when she became seriously unwell with what appeared to be a cold.\nThe illness quickly progressed to pneumonia, and she was later diagnosed with leptospirosis.\nThe bacter... [3766 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/climate-change-linked-to-increasing-leptospirosis-disease-risk/106312420",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/dc66862c070740845a7602835db9b4e0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2549&cropW=4532&xPos=0&yPos=66&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-14T19:32:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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