BOSTON – Despite efforts to curb opioid addiction and drug-related fatalities, Massachusetts officials say that the state's overdose death rate held steady during the first three months of 2016.
In 2014, Massachusetts ranked 13th among states for deaths by drug poisoning. And the state Public Health Department estimates more than 1,500 died from overdoses last year, almost triple the fatalities in 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau.
The nation's Asian population grew at 3.4 percent between July 2014 and 2015, with migration responsible for the majority of the growth, government officials said Thursday. There are now 21 million Asians in the United States, with Hawaii as the nation's only majority Asian state.
