Health News in Indonesia

Real-time health news from Indonesia, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Indonesia-relevant health coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=id), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.

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healthAustralian Broadcasting Corporation·Sep 21, 2026

Teen suffers memory loss after Indonesian school-meal poisoning

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healthBloomberg·Sep 20, 2026

Ex-Banker Eyeing Top WHO Job Says Agency Can Tap Outside Money

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healthSouth China Morning Post·Sep 16, 2026

Health crisis grips Indonesians enduring haze: ‘my eyes sting, my head hurts’

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healthDaily Mail·Sep 14, 2026

Meet the world's oldest drug user: Indonesian hunter-gatherer got high on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, study finds

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Health news in Indonesia coverage

NewsMesh filters Indonesia-relevant health coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.

Pull Health news in Indonesia into your app

Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=health&country=id). The examples below are ready to copy.

curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=health&country=id&limit=20"

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest",
    params={
        "apiKey": "nm_xxx",
        "category": "health",
        "country": "id",
        "limit": 20,
    },
)

for article in resp.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"], article["source"])

{
  "status": "ok",
  "articles": [
    {
      "article_id": "4c213ea447c9773981780776c9b7399b",
      "title": "...",
      "description": "...",
      "link": "https://...",
      "source": "example.com",
      "category": "health",
      "country_relevance": ["Indonesia"],
      "people": ["..."],
      "published_date": "2026-06-30T11:42:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

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 Indonesia

What health news from Indonesia does NewsMesh cover?

NewsMesh filters Indonesia-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 Indonesia?

Call GET /v1/latest?category=health&country=id. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.

Can I get Indonesia news in other categories?

Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Indonesia coverage from /v1/latest?country=id.

Is health news from Indonesia available in real time?

Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: health Indonesia 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 Indonesia 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.

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