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": 193952,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9113555866eccc45d75de315f99b5ec7",
            "title": "Leading immunologist elected fellow of the Australian Academy of Science",
            "description": "Renowned immunologist Professor Laura Mackay FAHMS has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) for her leading research into the human immune system.",
            "content": "Renowned immunologist Professor Laura Mackay FAHMS has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) for her leading research into the human immune system.\nThe Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology at WEHI and Immunology Theme ... [2690 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/leading-immunologist-elected-fellow-of-the-australian-academy-of-science/",
            "image": "https://www.wehi.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/laura-mackay-headshot.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T21:10:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb6a5f2031dd56c7481b89ad5f9e4e15",
                "name": "Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research",
                "url": "https://www.wehi.edu.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0314d7b05ae111df60af628c73d5da8d",
            "title": "Home healthcare safety events affect more than one in 10 children with medical complexity",
            "description": "More than one in 10 children with medical complexity had an incident reported by home care agency staff, according to a multi-state study recently published in JAMA Network Open.",
            "content": "More than one in 10 children with medical complexity had an incident reported by home care agency staff, according to a multi-state study recently published in JAMA Network Open. Half of reported events were safety related and a quarter caused harm t... [3202 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260520/Home-healthcare-safety-events-affect-more-than-one-in-10-children-with-medical-complexity.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-3347-458389964760995353448-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T19:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "01b54bd1a0db966a877e8db4aada42f0",
            "title": "Most college students with psychosis lack recommended combination treatment",
            "description": "Although the majority of students sought and received therapy or counseling in the past 12 months, less than 40 percent received the recommended combination of therapy/counseling and antipsychotic medication, suggesting potential barriers to accessing this medication.",
            "content": "Although the majority of students sought and received therapy or counseling in the past 12 months, less than 40 percent received the recommended combination of therapy/counseling and antipsychotic medication, suggesting potential barriers to accessin... [4638 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260520/Most-college-students-with-psychosis-lack-recommended-combination-treatment.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/images/tags/TagImage-1831-45296002389942131275-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T19:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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