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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": 164858,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "19c187109124d5dffcb20f1aeb5ce71b",
            "title": "How one antibiotic dose can reshape your gut microbiome for years",
            "description": "Long-term registry-linked analysis of nearly 15,000 adults shows that antibiotic use is associated with persistent changes in gut microbiome diversity and composition for up to 4–8 years. These effects vary by antibiotic class, with clindamycin, fluoroquinolones, and flucloxacillin showing the strongest and most sustained associations.",
            "content": "Large-scale human data reveal that even a single antibiotic course may leave a measurable microbial footprint years later, raising important questions about long-term health effects and prescribing practices.\nStudy: Antibiotic use and gut microbiome ... [6720 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260317/How-one-antibiotic-dose-can-reshape-your-gut-microbiome-for-years.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/news/ImageForNews_832961_17737952724274955.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T00:55:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80468df844de2437735c1d8bc3dedeaa",
            "title": "Weight Loss Drugs in Pregnancy Tied to Preterm Births",
            "description": "Weight loss drugs have been linked to an increased risk of premature births among women who took them inadvertently just before or during early",
            "content": "Weight loss drugs have been linked to an increased risk of premature births among women who took them inadvertently just before or during early pregnancy to treat pre-existing diabetes.\nHowever, a large study of over 750,000 pregnancies found that th... [6533 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/weight-loss-drugs-in-pregnancy-tied-to-preterm-1638966/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2F20%2F48%2Flaboratory-563423_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T00:12:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "81ea61598662b2f34d1138a7b9f7ea63",
            "title": "Stem cells sound magical, but they’re not all created equal",
            "description": "To appreciate what stem cells actually do – and can’t do – we need to understand their different types. Each comes with its own strengths, limitations, and challenges.",
            "content": "Most people have heard of stem cells. They’re often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments.\nHowever, not all stem cells are the same, and not all of them ... [4686 chars]",
            "url": "https://lens.monash.edu/stem-cells-sound-magical-but-theyre-not-all-created-equal/",
            "image": "https://lens.monash.edu/content/images/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-11.55.40---am.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-17T23:33:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "896e12e0070a084fa16a9ffb64353991",
                "name": "Monash Lens",
                "url": "https://lens.monash.edu"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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