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": 192294,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "da26b41fc9402f58252db71a5e65a226",
            "title": "‘Difficult’ mission to repatriate Australian hantavirus cruise passengers en route to long Perth quarantine",
            "description": "Health minister Mark Butler says six people from MC Hondius plus flight crew from charter plane to be isolated for weeks",
            "content": "Australians and New Zealanders who were aboard the deadly hantavirus-hit cruise ship will undergo the first three weeks of their quarantine at the Bullsbrook national resilience centre, just outside Perth.\nThe flight crew that brings them back to the... [3330 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/difficult-mission-to-repatriate-australian-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-en-route-to-long-perth-quarantine",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/231e55f4c1355d3f364c10b8d2a8bc645f5817f0/760_0_4583_3668/master/4583.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=b00355a8f3bc850cec8b35c17a4bc4a8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T00:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4324f36bb230d04d59c28710278f6678",
            "title": "1 in 10 may not respond to Ozempic, study finds",
            "description": "A new international study has raised new questions about how effectively some patients respond to GLP-1 medications, with researchers finding that genetic variations may reduce the benefits of drugs such as Ozempic in around 1 in 10 people. The research, jointly led by Adelaide University, the University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, and Stanford University, found […]",
            "content": "A new international study has raised new questions about how effectively some patients respond to GLP-1 medications, with researchers finding that genetic variations may reduce the benefits of drugs such as Ozempic in around 1 in 10 people.\nThe resea... [3114 chars]",
            "url": "https://retailpharmacymagazine.com.au/1-in-10-may-not-respond-to-ozempic-study-finds/",
            "image": "https://retailpharmacymagazine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/iStock-2189405678.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T23:38:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d87ed73e4a1a20dedeea78a42d85cc2",
                "name": "retailpharmacymagazine.com.au",
                "url": "https://retailpharmacymagazine.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "85ebb3347ad1a49800854405a9ffb032",
            "title": "Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’",
            "description": "Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes",
            "content": "Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health.\nThe findings are the first to show that both participating in art... [4230 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/12/arts-cultural-engagement-linked-slower-pace-biological-ageing-ucl-research",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d036010ea244c1d32243b66637564fb606d2e9c9/318_824_5539_4431/master/5539.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=dc8db0208e7f2849353141821c1c2b5d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T23:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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