
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": 2344086, "articles": [ { "title": "How Your Brain Develops And What You Can Do to Boost It", "description": "Bec and Asa recently sat down with Claire Cox, Director from Loving for Life, to unpack the fascinating topic of brain development.", "content": "Bec and Asa recently sat down with Claire Cox, Director from Loving for Life, to unpack the fascinating topic of brain development. From risk assessment to multiple intelligences, she explored what’s happening in our heads and how we can help it alon... [2343 chars]", "url": "https://www.sonshine.com.au/articles/how-your-brain-develops-and-what-you-can-do-to-boost-it/", "image": "https://www.sonshine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/pexels-ekaterina-bolovtsova-6192337-60977cb25537-scaled.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-07-04T01:36:59Z", "source": { "name": "Sonshine FM", "url": "https://www.sonshine.com.au" } }, { "title": "GPs urge Western Australians to get vaccinated amid rising flu cases", "description": "With flu cases in 2025 surging in New South Wales, Victoria, and other states, the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has reiterated its call for free flu vaccinations.", "content": "With Australian influenza cases rising after one of the worst flu seasons on record in the Northern hemisphere, the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is calling on patients to get vaccinated.\nEven in Western Australia, where lab-confirmed flu c... [2610 chars]", "url": "https://www.racgp.org.au/gp-news/media-releases/2025-media-releases/july-2025/rising-flu-numbers-back-gps-call-for-free-vaccines", "image": "https://www.racgp.org.au/FSDEDEV/media/images/Favicons/apple-touch-icon.png", "publishedAt": "2025-07-03T23:50:47Z", "source": { "name": "Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)", "url": "https://www.racgp.org.au" } }, { "title": "Special Report: Do monofocals still have a place?", "description": "One Australian eye surgeon believes many of the 250,000 people who have cataract surgery each year are not getting the results they deserve.", "content": "One Australian eye surgeon believes many of the 250,000 people who have cataract surgery each year are not getting the results they deserve. He’s urging the industry to take a wider view to ensure patients are getting the best outcomes.\nDr Rahul Chak... [14558 chars]", "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/special-report-do-monofocals-still-have-a-place/", "image": "https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/shutterstock_1496033297.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-07-03T22:42:42Z", "source": { "name": "insightnews.com.au", "url": "https://www.insightnews.com.au" } } ] }