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": 190108,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "307d205dca637b1e3604b258408104f3",
            "title": "WHO chief visits eastern Congo as outbreak begins to outmatch response",
            "description": "The head of the World Health Organisation visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak...",
            "content": "The head of the World Health Organisation visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response — despite better-organised health facilities and new aid arriva... [3126 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/ebola-virus-outbreak-who-chief-visits-eastern-congo/0389823a-c0dc-4d4a-9eaa-872de44c9d7c",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/xCisSyJIdQW3ettjXYDnXk3x-Go=/0x430:8256x5074/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F5e8ece43-78ee-48b8-b663-4ed330f13c05",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T01:47:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7ae7bf24240bbe8af4956a755859e51c",
            "title": "Cancer Diagnostic Delays Tied to DNA Screening Trial",
            "description": "About The Study: Regional participation in a population-based multicancer early detection (MCED) screening trial was associated with a modest increase",
            "content": "Why?\nWell, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ideological interests. We don't put up a paywall – we believe in free access to information of public interest.\nMedia ownership in Australia is one of the most concentrat... [1010 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/cancer-diagnostic-delays-tied-to-dna-screening-1683420/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2016%2F12%2F13%2F05%2F27%2Fdna-1903318_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T23:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "03afd02da6d97f0d06c8309366c16b8d",
            "title": "NSW Expands Same-Day Surgeries for More Procedures",
            "description": "NSW public hospitals are increasing access to same day surgery with more procedures becoming part of the initiative that is improving statewide wait",
            "content": "NSW public hospitals are increasing access to same day surgery with more procedures becoming part of the initiative that is improving statewide wait times and allowing patients to recover in their own homes.\nSame day surgery sees patients arrive, hav... [3369 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/nsw-expands-same-day-surgeries-for-more-1683419/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/news-and-developments.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T22:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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