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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": 172470,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0b079aea40424cd84a65705c06d58222",
            "title": "Study reveals unexpected link between dopamine and serotonin in the brain",
            "description": "Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Columbia University and the University of San Francisco, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which",
            "content": "“For the first time, we have identified a mechanism through which dopamine can exert indirect effects by acting through serotonin. This kind of neurotransmitter “crosstalk” suggests that similar interactions may be more widespread than previously tho... [1636 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/study-reveals-unexpected-link-between-dopamine-and-serotonin-in-the-brain/",
            "image": "https://news.ki.se/sites/nyheter/files/qbank/GettyImages-2150456453_JitendraJadhav_custom20251125094659.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T10:24:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fcc9357644c6fcea43a610731824930",
                "name": "The National Tribune",
                "url": "https://www.nationaltribune.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "780c53b277e7b6964936113eabb4c658",
            "title": "Research Maps Human Brain's Five Lifelong Stages",
            "description": "Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five \"major epochs\" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains",
            "content": "Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five \"major epochs\" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while we grow, mature, and ultimately decline.\nA study l... [5488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/research-maps-human-brains-five-lifelong-stages-1577415/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1631557676757-fcc7b1160be8%3Fixlib%3Drb-4.0.3%26amp%3Bixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1191%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T10:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3a894629594e4b58d75559d227c4aed9",
            "title": "What should you snack on to avoid hunger",
            "description": "Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.",
            "content": "Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox.\nToday we’re going to delve into the science of “glucose hom... [4423 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/is-my-chocolate-snack-making-me-hungrier-20251125-p5ni5y.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2626%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_analysis_no_age_social_wm/3ffaecb69969f3747c3ddf4831ffedc28165d40e",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T08:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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