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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": 167058,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ef2a33f6850770069861b709abb336bc",
            "title": "Electrical stimulation can restore ability to move limbs after spinal cord injury",
            "description": "Clinical trial shows simultaneous motor control and sensory feedback are possible in people with complete spinal cord injuries.",
            "content": "One participant pointed to her chest. That, she explained, is where she felt her foot hit the treadmill. Not the foot itself, not the ground beneath it, but a sensation somewhere above the injury that her brain had learned to translate into something... [10488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/electrical-stimulation-can-restore-ability-to-move-limbs-after-spinal-cord-injury/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/03/image-1.jpg?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T11:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9da58fb8153c88cc945c201b892d7864",
            "title": "Study Finds Eating Ultra-Processed Foods at Age Three May Affect Children’s Behaviour by Age Five",
            "description": "The study suggests a connection between high consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in preschoolers and increased behavioural and emotional challenges in early childhood.",
            "content": "49\nResearchers at the University of Toronto analyzed data from 2,077 Canadian three-year-olds, collected between 2011 and 2018 as part of the CHILD Cohort Study. The cohort followed nearly 3,500 families in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto ... [3096 chars]",
            "url": "https://sundayguardianlive.com/health/study-finds-eating-ultra-processed-foods-at-age-three-may-affect-childrens-behaviour-by-age-five-176595/",
            "image": "https://sundayguardianlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/vs-5.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T10:45:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e83942463772394e5585fc26ae1ae53b",
                "name": "The Sunday Guardian",
                "url": "https://sundayguardianlive.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0fd39429ee4f1a5bcc51103f4168882f",
            "title": "Financial Crisis Silently Stunts Generation",
            "description": "Sharp increases in food prices during economic crises tend to hit certain groups the hardest. Urban residents and families with lower levels of",
            "content": "Sharp increases in food prices during economic crises tend to hit certain groups the hardest. Urban residents and families with lower levels of education are often especially vulnerable. These price shocks can lead to long term health problems, inclu... [4321 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/financial-crisis-silently-stunts-generation-1637166/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1578496479939-722d9dd1cc5b%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D750%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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