Tasmania's EDs taking the hit for health system failure, report finds
Insufficient planning for an aging population has left Tasmania's healthcare system ailing, a national report by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine has found.
Health News in Australia
Real-time health news from Australia, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant health coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=au), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Doctor banned for prescribing drugs to patient, then buying them back
A South Australian GP has lost his registration after entering an arrangement with a patient that involved prescribing an addictive opioid medication, which he then bought back,...
Emergency doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ crisis Australia is not prepared for
Emergency departments will brace for a 411 per cent increase in patients aged 85 and over by 2050 as doctors warn Australia is at the beginning of a steep curve.
Emergency doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ crisis Australia is not prepared for
Emergency departments will brace for a 411 per cent increase in patients aged 85 and over by 2050 as doctors warn Australia is at the beginning of a steep curve.
Plastic surgeons warn of complications as Australians seek face lifts overseas
A South Korean cosmetic surgery company has cancelled a Sydney event where prospective patients were due to meet doctors not registered to practise in Australia.
Is there a 'cliff-like' decline at menopause? Australian experts skeptical
A new international study suggests menopause-related changes to the body are sudden and "cliff-like", but Australian experts urge caution interpreting the results. Here's why.
Medically vulnerable people at short-stay housing shifted an hour out of Darwin
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‘My car park angel’: Mum reunited with nurse who delivered baby in Adelaide car park
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Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to ditch private health over changes
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Waitlist for weight loss pill grows as Australian release nears - but millions likely to miss out
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Cow 'Fitbit' helps pastoralists care for newborn calves
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Food delivery workers face growing extreme weather risks: study
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New Flinders Street health clinic to offer addiction services in CBD
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Brain scans reveal shocking truth about ultra-processed foods as Australian farmers call for change
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‘Every single patient matters’: The Sydney researcher weaponising AI to fight cancer
An AI drug-development platform and a blood test for recurrent breast cancer are among the breakthroughs credited to artificial intelligence’s biomedical application.
‘Every single patient matters’: The Sydney researcher weaponising AI to fight cancer
An AI drug-development platform and a blood test for recurrent breast cancer are among the breakthroughs credited to artificial intelligence’s biomedical application.
Health news in Australia coverage
NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull Health news in Australia into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=health&country=au). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=health&country=au&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
Guides
Frequently asked questions about Health news in Australia
What health news from Australia does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Which endpoint returns health news from Australia?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=au. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get Australia news in other categories?
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Australia coverage from /v1/latest?country=au.
Is health news from Australia available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: health Australia stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the health news from Australia feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.