• Nobel Prize winner in medicine Katalin Karikó is becoming the chief advisor in the Hungarian Ministry of Health.
  • This was announced by future Health Minister Zsolt Hegedus during a hearing in the relevant parliamentary committee.
  • Karikó immediately agreed to participate in the work of the advisory body.
  • The appointment comes after Péter Magyar took office as Prime Minister, marking the end of Viktor Orbán’s 16-year era.