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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": 166996,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3cf0a68af59efbd5a1365f392c4ca145",
            "title": "On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility",
            "description": "I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life.",
            "content": "Max Telford’s new book, The Tree of Life: Solving Science’s Greatest Puzzle, was a welcome read for me, as the Tree of Life concept has long been an area of personal interest. Telford is a professor at the University College London in Genetics, Evolu... [10853 chars]",
            "url": "https://scienceandculture.com/2026/03/on-tree-of-life-max-telford-misses-the-design-possibility/",
            "image": "https://scienceandculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TreeofLifeinBahrain.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T21:20:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "929f165d16475529831a4401edeb0305",
                "name": "Science and Culture Today",
                "url": "https://scienceandculture.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "65587e3b3fd8c4590cfaef34013ae4f2",
            "title": "eating Buruli ulcer appears on NSW South Coast",
            "description": "The sixth case of a flesh-eating Buruli ulcer has been detected on the NSW south coast.",
            "content": "Health authorities are urging people on the New South Wales South Coast to stay alert for symptoms after the sixth case of a flesh-eating ulcer was detected in the Batemans Bay-Moruya area.\nWarning: This story contains images some readers may find di... [3995 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/sixth-case-of-flesh-eating-ulcer-appears-in-nsw-hotspot/106431736",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f73585bc37b78e03511dbca7e6f79a0f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=720&cropW=1280&xPos=0&yPos=67&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T19:37:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9c2828dc4073d07dd7a9929ef5bbd046",
            "title": "Townsville Bulletin",
            "description": "No Cookies | Townsville Bulletin",
            "content": "To use this website, cookies must be enabled in your browser. To enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open links in External Browser\nThere is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently ma... [1284 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-townsvillebulletin-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T19:19:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3a3c4ecca217c2193b29d42f9ad53818",
                "name": "Townsville Bulletin",
                "url": "https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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