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": 196894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5e07ce2373df8c024ec2ed4e9dfb2f2f",
            "title": "New Drug May Slow Alzheimer's Progression",
            "description": "Compound 10\" is how Ursula Quitterer refers to the chemical compound that her team has developed and which could slow down the progression of",
            "content": "\"Compound 10\" is how Ursula Quitterer refers to the chemical compound that her team has developed and which could slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Quitterer is Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at ETH Zurich and has so far tested t... [4473 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/new-drug-may-slow-alzheimers-progression-1687983/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2017%2F10%2F04%2F09%2F56%2Fchemist-2815640_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T06:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fd35bbac76d35824fe22579a34f08949",
            "title": "New push to lift bowel cancer screening",
            "description": "Free at-home bowel cancer screening tests can save lives. Don't delay your test; early detection offers over 90% treatment success.",
            "content": "BOWEL cancer claims about 100 Australian lives each week, but health experts say more deaths could be prevented if more people took part in regular screening.\nDespite the availability of a free at-home screening test, fewer than half of eligible Aust... [1791 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/bellarinetimes/living/new-push-to-lift-bowel-cancer-screening/",
            "image": "https://static.timesnewsgroup.com.au/prod/uploads/sites/3/2026/06/3june-tng-3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T05:48:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30af1b8f4b422e9659cdb72488d8e7a1",
                "name": "Times News Group",
                "url": "https://timesnewsgroup.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86ea116ad4be1217ccb8ab1001161657",
            "title": "Cancer expert Richard Scolyer remembered as loving family man making a difference to lives of patients",
            "description": "The family of former Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer have paid tribute to his legacy, saying he \"wanted cancer patients to know they weren't alone\".",
            "content": "The family of former Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer says his selfless legacy \"will never be forgotten\", with a state funeral set to be held to honour the expert-turned-patient.\nProfessor Scolyer was known for his revolutionary melanoma cancer... [5544 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/nsw-tributes-for-cancer-expert-richard-scolyer-state-funeral/106771254",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4d5cac20a514b51bcaba4888d5c89425?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=72&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T04:21:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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