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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": 171318,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "da968895d8b12316369017f38b3c4aa1",
            "title": "Anaemia Linked To Increased Cancer Risk",
            "description": "Anaemia detected in healthcare is associated with an increased risk of both cancer and higher mortality. This is shown in a new population-based study",
            "content": "Anaemia is common among patients in healthcare and is defined by haemoglobin levels below the normal range. In this study, the researchers analysed the association between newly detected anaemia and the risk of cancer and mortality, and examined whet... [2743 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/anaemia-linked-to-increased-cancer-risk-1652663/",
            "image": "https://news.ki.se/sites/nyheter/files/qbank/GettyImages-1384651794_custom20260409101737.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T09:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b21e83b4490f8da8ea47568c79a218ae",
            "title": "Young woman diagnosed with rare cancer after doctors 'dismiss' itching as symptom",
            "description": "She went to numerous specialists to get answers, but it took nearly a year to actually find the result.",
            "content": "When Sumbul Ari was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 26, one of her first thoughts was “thank god”.\nIt wasn’t because she was happy to have cancer, but because she finally had answers after seeing nearly a dozen specialists while suffering symptoms th... [5600 chars]",
            "url": "https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/young-woman-diagnosed-with-rare-cancer-after-doctors-dismiss-itching-as-symptom-082617112.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/RDWbf6V2Jq3_bzWLwrKKBw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2026-04/42c390c0-33eb-11f1-bbee-8dbe4cec75cb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T08:26:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2b266123e1212c52b32fe74861908a2c",
                "name": "Yahoo Lifestyle Australia",
                "url": "https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8365da476863b6ba9b8b36280297b227",
            "title": "Unit M Debuts Deep Tech Accelerator in Manchester",
            "description": "The University of Manchester has announced the first cohort of startups selected for the new Unit M deep tech accelerator, a three-month programme",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nUnit M Debuts Deep Tech Accelerator in Manchester\nThe University of Manchester has announced the first cohort of startups selected for the new Unit M deep tech accelerator, a three-month programme designed to support researche... [3308 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/unit-m-debuts-deep-tech-accelerator-in-1652616/",
            "image": "https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1369/901f081e-20ea-45cc-8757-ad48dde28708/500_dtip-landscape-presentations3.png?10000",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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