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": 192544,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b71bf2536243bea97562c73a239974ae",
            "title": "australia-diphtheria-outbreak-explained | SBS News",
            "description": "This ancient disease was once considered rare.",
            "content": "Experts are warning Australia's diphtheria outbreak — which has spread across state borders from a cluster in the Northern Territory to Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia — exposes serious cracks in the country's public health system\nD... [6448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-diphtheria-outbreak-explained/gioo79b7l",
            "image": "https://assets.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/94a6ece/2147483647/strip/true/crop/631x355+38+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2F4a%2F73541dd841b0921b98bc03e40e93%2Fscreenshot-2026-05-19-180914.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T09:35:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a357287e7a54449c2cf5b80793a74a5",
                "name": "SBS Australia",
                "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b6e7c70753d277481028b77c1b15f356",
            "title": "Here’s what you need to know about inflammatory bowel disease",
            "description": "Murray Bridge woman Shae Lehmann hopes to help others by sharing her experience this Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month.",
            "content": "This story is free to read. Help Murray Bridge News tell more stories like this by subscribing today.\nLike so many women, Shae Lehmann knew there was something wrong, but it took her an awfully long time to find out exactly what.\nShe had been experie... [2610 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.murraybridge.news/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-inflammatory-bowel-disease/",
            "image": "https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/d4/86d46695-6a8a-4e07-941b-6b7f408473bd/content/images/size/w1200/2026/05/IBD-1A.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T08:16:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3e8f9ea18f33cde2136f468a3adf37d0",
                "name": "murraybridge.news",
                "url": "https://www.murraybridge.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d9ac207177cecaa7eaf49bf20b4176c7",
            "title": "David Blacker’s My Fight with PD to feature at international Parkinson’s conference",
            "description": "Clinical Professor David Blacker AM will share his personal journey with Parkinson’s and discuss his book, My Fight with PD: a neurologist with Parkinson's",
            "content": "Clinical Professor David Blacker AM will share his personal journey with Parkinson’s and discuss his book, My Fight with PD: a neurologist with Parkinson’s Disease, at the upcoming World Parkinson Congress, highlighting his dedication to advancing ca... [1975 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perroninstitute.org/david-blackers-my-fight-with-pd-to-feature-at-international-parkinsons-conference/",
            "image": "https://www.perroninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/David-Blacker-and-Sue-Walters-at-My-Fight-with-PD-book-launch-e1779177395896-1920x1456.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T07:55:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "db935429bb9e70d03213deb2e738b4d1",
                "name": "Perron Institute",
                "url": "https://www.perroninstitute.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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