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": 197192,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b4373b40b7e28350540386daf1edefb0",
            "title": "Ozempic-Type Drugs Show Promise in Treating Addiction",
            "description": "For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behaviour.This link between thinking",
            "content": "For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behaviour.\nThis link between thinking and doing serves a clear function - it motivates us to get the necessities for life.\nBut for some,... [5157 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/ozempic-type-drugs-show-promise-in-treating-1696264/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1532938911079-1b06ac7ceec7%3Fixid%3DMXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%253D%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1489%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T02:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc0f7745115b973b18bf4c1593bc4ceb",
            "title": "Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan",
            "description": "A new generation of drugs could ‘switch off’ asthma, effectively curing it. That would mean no more puffers and no more flare-ups.",
            "content": "Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable”. In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition.\nBut advances in science are challenging this view and we think a cure may be within reach.\nSo what migh... [5175 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/06/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan",
            "image": "https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/images/medicine-health/population-health/stock/2026-02-sph/AdobeStock_1903851686.cropimg.width=700.crop=landscape.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T00:21:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dfca06e752a9fcde08e7191c29b5c44d",
                "name": "UNSW Sydney",
                "url": "https://www.unsw.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ac405cb0c25ab4ac57047d3189b85b24",
            "title": "Authorities declare readiness as H5N1 bird flu reaches Australia",
            "description": "Officials have confirmed the first case of the H5 avian influenza strain on the Australian mainland. The virus was identified in a wild migratory seabird who died after being found sick on a remote beach in Esperance, south of Perth. Authorities in Australia say they have been expecting the arrival of the virus and have been preparing accordingly.",
            "content": "Officials have confirmed the first case of the H5 avian influenza strain on the Australian mainland. The virus was identified in a wild migratory seabird who died after being found sick on a remote beach in Esperance, south of Perth. Authorities in A... [4336 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/authorities-declare-readiness-as-h5n1-bird-flu-reaches-australia/85yp314o7",
            "image": "https://assets.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/d126823/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1125+0+105/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2F0d%2F59537fcc45d3aa930c498bbf4bb2%2Fwa-agriculture-and-food-minister-jackie-jarvis-says-disease-surveillance-is-being-enhanced-along-with-targeted-engaged-with-the-poultry-industry-aap-richard-wainwright.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T21:04:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8a357287e7a54449c2cf5b80793a74a5",
                "name": "SBS Australia",
                "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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