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Australia Health News API

Get the live top health headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Health News API

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": 164250,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0dcf4305f0985ba28c880778f6e39a7a",
            "title": "MHRA Launches Paracetamol Safety Review in Pregnancy",
            "description": "Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet. Following publication of a new systematic review and meta-analysis in The",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nMHRA Launches Paracetamol Safety Review in Pregnancy\nParacetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet.\nFollowing publication of a new systematic review and meta-analysis in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gyna... [2371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/mhra-launches-paracetamol-safety-review-in-1603632/",
            "image": "https://www.gov.uk/assets/frontend/govuk-opengraph-image-4196a4d6333cf92aaf720047f56cfd91b3532d7635fc21ebcf0d5897df6b5f77.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T10:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a5fe22e84cdc81d113c8d38739a4b5c6",
            "title": "Endocrinologist's New Weight Loss Method Succeeds",
            "description": "For a long time, endocrinologist Leigh Perreault, MD, felt uneasy about how weight management was handled in routine medical care. Too often, patients",
            "content": "For a long time, endocrinologist Leigh Perreault, MD, felt uneasy about how weight management was handled in routine medical care. Too often, patients were sent home with the same advice to eat better and exercise more, even when it clearly was not e... [5672 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/endocrinologists-new-weight-loss-method-succeeds-1603630/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1532619675605-1ede6c2ed2b0%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1170%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T09:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75a1051780919df146aaa7240bf773a8",
            "title": "Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, ADHD or intellectual disability",
            "description": "Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children.",
            "content": "Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children. That is according to the most rigorous analysis of the evidence to date published to... [3684 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260116/Paracetamol-use-during-pregnancy-not-linked-to-autism-ADHD-or-intellectual-disability.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Paracetamol-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T03:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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