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": 189464,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "866774d23c558062e087a8439e12f02c",
            "title": "Breaking taboos: push to help women navigate menopause",
            "description": "A national campaign will help women better understand their menopause symptoms, access trusted health information and find out...",
            "content": "A campaign will highlight new resources designed to help women navigate menopause and perimenopause. Photo: James Gourley/AAP PHOTOS\nAustralian women will have greater access to information about perimenopause and menopause to break down the stigma m... [4316 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9252755/breaking-taboos-push-to-help-women-navigate-menopause/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/2ea87538-6926-404f-b924-408aa7680f95.jpg/r0_90_800_510_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T20:04:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7451b489dd1c071943a8589e6c0d0cda",
            "title": "Is it ADHD or anxiety? Why these complex conditions often get confused",
            "description": "Twenty to 30 per cent of people with ADHD also live with anxiety. Experts share their advice for recognising and managing the two conditions.",
            "content": "May 25, 2026 — 5:00am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nLiving with ADHD can be challenging enough, but what if you have anxiety too? An estimated 20 to 30 per cent of those with ADHD ... [5037 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/is-it-adhd-or-anxiety-why-these-complex-conditions-often-get-confused-20260422-p5zq57.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2741%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/7b0e685f56f34957aa9ef569a20c25bd293376b7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "013c020886891c18f1643ab55707bf15",
            "title": "Connecting people living with dementia",
            "description": "A peer support program from Dementia Australia is helping to empower people living with dementia.",
            "content": "The role of peer support as a non-clinical intervention in disease management is well understood, especially for cancer and diabetes diagnoses. Facilitated peer connections have the capacity to validate experience and enhance psychosocial wellbeing, ... [4550 chars]",
            "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/20/connecting-people-living-with-dementia",
            "image": "https://cdn.craft.cloud/019da4e9-f79c-70fd-9f88-624918b9686f/assets/thumbnail/lead-image-2026-05-21T144125.727.png?fit=cover&height=630&width=1200&s=6BC5vxvZiXHyt1V8Gsiz2QLcMr6RO_f7OKb9u9fjYrM",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T14:15:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "74b3be1e44ce1f9603e4ee104bd718d7",
                "name": "The Medical Journal of Australia",
                "url": "https://insightplus.mja.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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