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": 190632,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2629b20b2eeb1d67379e5fa2215c2fde",
            "title": "Precursor to Oesophageal Cancer Identified: Early Detection",
            "description": "Scientists have found the strongest evidence to date that a condition known as Barrett's oesophagus is the starting point for all cases of oesophageal",
            "content": "The findings, published today in Nature Medicine, could help improve screening for and early detection of oesophageal cancer, the sixth most deadly cancer, helping improve outcomes for the disease.\nCancer of the oesophagus, including its most common ... [4994 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/precursor-to-oesophageal-cancer-identified-1656668/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/news-and-developments.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T09:13:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f379fcd30972e404218ef77f56c6f4cb",
            "title": "Buprenorphine Deemed Safe for Opioid Use in Pregnancy",
            "description": "Buprenorphine showed a similar to slightly lower risk of developmental disorders in children compared with methadone, researchers sayChildren born to",
            "content": "Buprenorphine showed a similar to slightly lower risk of developmental disorders in children compared with methadone, researchers say\nChildren born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of ... [3616 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/buprenorphine-deemed-safe-for-opioid-use-in-1656619/",
            "image": "https://bmjgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1414807011-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T08:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7cbc75e0a776ab2e8cf63158dbbfeed5",
            "title": "New research reveals gaps in sex education and impact on young Australians’ health",
            "description": "Young Australians are rarely consulted on the curriculum designed to protect them. New HMRI research shows the cost of that gap.",
            "content": "For many young Australians, sexuality education in school is one of the first places they learn about relationships, consent and sexual health. But new research led by Dr Jessie Sutherland from University of Newcastle and HMRI’s Family and Reproducti... [5378 chars]",
            "url": "https://hmri.org.au/news-and-stories/new-research-reveals-gaps-in-sex-education-and-impact-on-young-australians-health/",
            "image": "https://hmri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Article-Images-24-1-1024x473.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T07:40:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "bd8ad5d65171f3f4dd78d14437d57ff9",
                "name": "HMRI",
                "url": "https://hmri.org.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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