Oral COVID-19 vaccine being tested in L.A. area

An oral vaccine being developed by one of the owners of the Los Angeles Lakers could offer protection from COVID-19 without the need for an injection, CBS Los Angeles reports. Researchers at the Chan Soon-Shiong Research Institute in El Segundo are testing whether a series of capsules might work as well, if not better, than existing COVID vaccines.

"To have a vaccine that's room temperature that could be a pill is life-changing," Dr. Tara Seery, a trial physician, said. The oral vaccine is part of an experimental protocol being tested in healthy volunteers like Matt Henshaw.