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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 APIAPI 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": 196278,
"articles": [
{
"id": "743c06f4e5c4a65bc170e1bfbf5aae7f",
"title": "Scientist Richard Scolyer dies after cancer battle",
"description": "World-renowned melanoma pathologist and former Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer has died from brain cancer aged 59.",
"content": "Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with an incurable and aggressive stage four brain cancer in June 2023. Photo: Supplied:\nWorld-renowned melanoma pathologist Richard Scolyer has died following a lengthy public battle with brain cancer, after saying he wo... [5423 chars]",
"url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9287653/scientist-richard-scolyer-dies-after-cancer-battle/",
"image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/b48ecf48-7351-45df-a6a6-1e464bf2c634.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T21:29:28Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
"name": "The Canberra Times",
"url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "5ec64ac5ec745ee4755c41d45e498631",
"title": "Richard Scolyer, cancer researcher and former Australian of the year, dies aged 59",
"description": "Scolyer, who did pioneering work on immunotherapy, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2023",
"content": "Prof Richard Scolyer, the world-renowned cancer researcher and former Australian of the Year, has died at the age of 59.\nScolyer’s family shared a statement the eminent pathologist and melanoma expert penned before his final stages of illness.\n“My fi... [3277 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/08/richard-scolyer-cancer-researcher-and-former-australian-of-the-year-dies-aged-59",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a2fb30a9d7ff03318c25fff5c945019ca2a2bc51/290_0_6675_5340/master/6675.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=c340cdea55fd895b44c37da35844324f",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T20:35:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "ec0b294733c95c2807dab9b063dff121",
"title": "Orforglipron Boosts Insulin Glargine for Type 2 Diabetes",
"description": "About The Study: In participants with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by insulin glargine, addition of oral orforglipron significantly",
"content": "Why?\nWell, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ideological interests. We don't put up a paywall – we believe in free access to information of public interest.\nMedia ownership in Australia is one of the most concentrat... [1010 chars]",
"url": "https://www.miragenews.com/orforglipron-boosts-insulin-glargine-for-type-2-1687799/",
"image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1517245386807-bb43f82c33c4%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-07T20:26:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
"name": "Mirage News",
"url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
}
}
]
}