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": 191976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f4325056c7d4d84f0190fdcf69218317",
            "title": "Diabetes, weight-loss drugs not a perfect fit?",
            "description": "Type 2 diabetes affects millions of people worldwide and now a new international study, jointly led by Adelaide University, University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, and Stanford University, has found one in ten people may not be benefiting from common medications used to treat the condition.",
            "content": "Type 2 diabetes affects millions of people worldwide and now a new international study, jointly led by Adelaide University, University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, and Stanford University, has found one in ten people may not be benefiting from common medic... [3888 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260511/Diabetes-weight-loss-drugs-not-a-perfect-fit.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-777-458400661348495343015-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T13:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c543ad344af3325ad7a398e0b337370",
            "title": "10 ingredients for healthy ageing",
            "description": "With the world's population getting older, healthy ageing is more important than ever. Older consumers need several ingredients in greater abundance than younger people: calcium for bone health, protein to preserve muscle mass, and omega-3 fatty acids for cognitive health, among others. Manufacturers should remember that older people are a growing demographic and represent an increasingly important market.",
            "content": "As the world’s population gets older, healthy ageing becomes a greater priority.\nAs older consumers become a larger proportion of the population, it’s more important than ever that industry meets their needs through food.\nManufacturers must make food... [7575 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/05/11/10-ingredients-for-healthy-ageing/",
            "image": "https://www.foodnavigator.com/resizer/v2/6AWPHG4HFFEBNGCTBARM5RUJVI.jpg?auth=c30d81c9a1cb84f14f104746f54391d094902b9527874d8c5b5698a1915fae53&width=1200&height=630&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T09:15:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aace1198e77c7bedb2e4394f24d6aef8",
                "name": "FoodNavigator.com",
                "url": "https://www.foodnavigator.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dd367578fc79d837500bb99501814f2f",
            "title": "Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists",
            "description": "A fourth Australian jurisdiction will provide free jabs to some teens for a rare but life-threatening disease as...",
            "content": "Abby McGrath has described the terrible impact meningococcal had on her daughter Emma-Kate. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO\nA mother who lost her teenage daughter to a rare disease has vowed to keep fighting for every Australian child to get access to a life-s... [5198 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9244093/free-meningococcal-jabs-for-some-but-lottery-persists/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/d762ff5b-066c-45cf-93fc-de0518a6f548.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T05:21:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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