
Australia Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Health News APIAPI 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": 2614612, "articles": [ { "id": "bc78e85a43d2d714fb8e71363032f670", "title": "'Bigfoot' virus found: New phage targets Legionnaires' disease-causing bacteria", "description": "University of Toronto researchers have made the first discovery of a virus that infects Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.", "content": "University of Toronto researchers have made the first discovery of a virus that infects Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.\nThe findings, published in Science Advances, open the door for the use of bacterial viruse... [4390 chars]", "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bigfoot-virus-phage-legionnaires-disease.html", "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2025/bigfoot-virus-found-ne-1.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-10-07T12:53:04Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329", "name": "Phys.org", "url": "https://phys.org", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "1ecf4540b54b60ae4f0954cab35232b3", "title": "Moms', not dads', mental health clearly linked to their children's, study shows", "description": "An innovative study by University of Manchester researchers has shown that mothers' feelings of being overwhelmed and unhappiness, not fathers', are directly associated with their children's feelings of nervousness, worry and unhappiness.", "content": "An innovative study by University of Manchester researchers has shown that mothers' feelings of being overwhelmed and unhappiness, not fathers', are directly associated with their children's feelings of nervousness, worry and unhappiness.\nThe study, ... [2964 chars]", "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-moms-dads-mental-health-linked.html", "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2025/family.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-10-07T10:58:04Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a", "name": "Medical Xpress", "url": "https://medicalxpress.com", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "cbbb304779f71c9c36655d0d2a857f9b", "title": "Molecule Repairs Brain Mitochondria And Reverses Anxiety In Rats", "description": "A study led by EPFL shows that Urolithin A, a natural compound, can abolish high anxiety in rats by repairing mitochondrial function in their brain", "content": "Anxiety disorders affects millions of people worldwide, with about 14% experiencing an anxiety disorder in any given year. These conditions are often disabling, and current treatments don't work well enoughbecause they focus on managing symptoms rath... [4237 chars]", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/molecule-repairs-brain-mitochondria-and-1547363/", "image": "https://actu.epfl.ch/image/157814/1440x810.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-10-07T10:13:00Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675", "name": "Mirage News", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com", "country": "au" } } ] }