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What an Olympic champion’s withdrawal tells us about glandular fever and ME/CFS

Glandular fever and ME/CFS. What the research says about risk.When five-time Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown withdrew from the 2026 Commonwealth Games with glandular fever, she pointed to something most people never hear about the illness: the risk that it does not end when the sore throat does.

Dr Chris Armstrong, Director of the Melbourne ME/CFS Collaboration and a University of Melbourne researcher who studies the chronic outcomes of infectious disease, told The Australian she had made a smart decision for her long-term health. Around 1 in 10 people who get glandular fever go on to develop ME/CFS, a serious long-term illness.

We have put together a short explainer on what glandular fever is, why it can sometimes lead to ME/CFS, and how rest reduces the risk.

Dr Armstrong’s comments appeared in The Australian.

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