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": 194042,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bbb6a59ded5dcc021b28897423fa3874",
            "title": "RACGP Vic happy with dual budget boost",
            "description": "Funding has been announced to support meningococcal B vaccination and GP training for the upcoming ADHD diagnosis and prescribing reforms.",
            "content": "Funding has been announced to support meningococcal B vaccination and GP training for the upcoming ADHD diagnosis and prescribing reforms.\nThe Victorian state budget was officially handed down earlier this month, and the local branch of the RACGP has... [2238 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/racgp-vic-happy-with-dual-budget-boost/125747",
            "image": "https://d1svk58pjf7hyt.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/05093253/logo_icon_black-105x105.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T04:19:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "23a570cc598fbd55d40ac6f744068077",
                "name": "Medical Republic",
                "url": "https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2db68a3269fba96907046a59884616dd",
            "title": "hit cruise ship due to arrive in Perth tomorrow",
            "description": "Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak are testing negative for the illness and are symptom-free, the federal health minister says, as they prepare to be repatriated to Australia.",
            "content": "Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak are due to arrive at an air base in Perth tomorrow, before being transferred to a quarantine facility.\nThe passengers are symptom-free, Federal Health Minister Mark Butle... [2316 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/passengers-from-hantavirus-cruise-ship-to-arrive-perth-on-friday/106678732",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/04b5320dba652057c86d1c927cf0c92d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T03:48:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d843f22807f654f69c32aef92af21cb0",
            "title": "Gene panel predicts chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer",
            "description": "Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized cancer cell-specific features in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues, identifying specific macrophage subtypes associated with chemotherapy response.",
            "content": "Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized cancer cell-specific features in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues, identifying specific macrophage subtype... [4224 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260513/Gene-panel-predicts-chemotherapy-response-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-1039-45840826385648151818-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T02:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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