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": 199030,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "33ad482c7bc7166d0d82eaeed78f89a1",
            "title": "MV Hondius passengers cleared of hantavirus after 42 days of quarantine in WA",
            "description": "Six passengers from Australia and NZ linked to the deadly MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak have completed 42 days of quarantine in Perth and been cleared to return home.",
            "content": "Six people who were on board a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have been released from quarantine after 42 days living in isolation.\nThe four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander have been living... [2292 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/hantavirus-outbreak-six-passengers-complete-perth-quarantine/106829038",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4aeca57d99e62c49a0fd571624635139?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1520&cropW=2703&xPos=137&yPos=232&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T20:04:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d8b20a6c964c99da4f05bcdb32da3be",
            "title": "Poultry industry concerned but prepared as H5 bird flu detected for the first time",
            "description": "The poultry industry says it is concerned but prepared as the deadly H5 avian influenza variant reaches Australian shores for the first time.",
            "content": "The poultry industry is bracing for the spread of a deadly strain of avian influenza, but is confident the planning has been done to prevent any widespread egg shortages.\nTwo cases of the H5N1 variant of avian influenza have now been confirmed in mig... [4128 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-06-23/poultry-industry-concerned-but-prepared-h5-avian-influenza/106826596",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a256d5de1fe0026265348ed4963613f8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2268&cropW=4032&xPos=0&yPos=378&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T19:32:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9d6971e2a2cecb31c2ceaaef81ba0eb6",
            "title": "Melanoidin Tracking Boosts Biogas From Food Waste",
            "description": "By combining ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy, parallel factor analysis",
            "content": "By combining ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy, parallel factor analysis, methane production tests, and microbial community analysis, the team found that higher hydrothermal tempe... [4308 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/melanoidin-tracking-boosts-biogas-from-food-1696752/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1484069560501-87d72b0c3669%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T18:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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