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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": 181772,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bcee28124a77564117dd76ee182bd1a6",
            "title": "Researchers develop new score to predict the risk of liver cancer",
            "description": "Researchers led by Xian-Yang Qin at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have developed a score that predicts the risk of liver cancer.",
            "content": "Researchers led by Xian-Yang Qin at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have developed a score that predicts the risk of liver cancer. Published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, t... [3746 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260217/Researchers-develop-new-score-to-predict-the-risk-of-liver-cancer.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/174318220-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T04:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47d5d01a3ac7469ca226d8b60a907e6f",
            "title": "Bathurst Scots All Saints College student diagnosed with measles",
            "description": "A student at Scots All Saints College in Bathurst has been diagnosed with measles. School ensures safety measures in collaboration with health officials.",
            "content": "SCOTS All Saints College head Richard Ford, confirmed that a student at the college has recently been diagnosed with measles.\nAt this stage, it is unknown to the Western Advocate whether the student is an attendee of the junior or senior college camp... [1617 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/9178020/bathurst-scots-all-saints-college-student-diagnosed-with-measles/",
            "image": "https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/187433128/067b2fe8-706c-49a2-b144-b4196e3b7625.jpg/r0_448_4000_2548_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T04:19:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "005b3c99ca18984994c3dbfc640eb490",
                "name": "Western Advocate",
                "url": "https://www.westernadvocate.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "865d95971f89a5cfc7401c65221abb6b",
            "title": "Oral weight loss ingredient may have adverse biological effects for the gut and beyond",
            "description": "A new study from Adelaide University is turning a spotlight on those tablet versions, finding that the absorption-enhancing ingredient salcaprozate sodium (SNAC) may have measurable adverse biological effects for the gut and beyond.",
            "content": "A new study from Adelaide University is turning a spotlight on those tablet versions, finding that the absorption-enhancing ingredient salcaprozate sodium (SNAC) may have measurable adverse biological effects for the gut and beyond.\nIt is the first i... [3315 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260217/Oral-weight-loss-ingredient-may-have-adverse-biological-effects-for-the-gut-and-beyond.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-6184-45481880806631952654-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T04:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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