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The Jefferson County Public Health department has issued an overdose warning. The department said four drug overdoses occurred in the county within a 24-hour period earlier this week.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer outlined his plan to stop the increase of Xylazine-related overdoses at a press conference at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.

There have been several significant spikes in drug overdoses in Onondaga County in recent months, and health department officials believe it’s linked to increased amounts of fentanyl in the drug supply.

There was a 27% increase in overdose deaths in Oneida County from 2020 to 2021. So the Oneida County Opioid Task Force has declared the call to action with a goal of reducing overdose deaths by at least 10% by the end of the year.

Upstate New York Poison Center medical director Dr. Vincent Calleo discusses the drug fentanyl and overdose deaths. Neuroscientist Stephen Glatt helps put the completion of the human genome into perspective. Rehabilitation psychologist Debbie Spinks explains the symptoms of a concussion.

The Biden administration points to fentanyl as the major culprit for the increase in deaths. Officials unveiled a new one-year strategy to reduce the number of fatalities from drug overdoses.

President Biden hasn't named a permanent drug czar but White House officials say they will work to curb overdose deaths in the first 100 days.

As drug overdose deaths rise during the pandemic, a former White House economist says social isolation could be partly to blame.

The nation faces a grim milestone of having a record number of overdose deaths in 2020. One expert says social isolation increased the risk of dying from an overdose.