The Federal Communications Commission is proposing to launch a new three-digit hotline for people who are feeling suicidal or are going through any other mental health crisis. It recommends making 988 ...

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States’ ...

NEW YORK — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health.

On Dec. 12 of last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously decided to simplify the way Americans can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Like other emergency services ...

NEW YORK — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number for a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.

The FCC is moving forward with a plan to make 988 the dialing number. The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a plan to create a new three-digit hotline number, similar to 911, to ...

The proposal was officially made at the Open Meeting Thursday. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved a proposal to implement a new resource that will serve as a national ...

Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. Once it's ...

A three-digit suicide prevention hotline number will soon make seeking emergency mental health help more like calling 911, federal regulators announced Thursday. When the months-long process is ...

In two years, individuals in suicidal crisis seeking help will have a number that’s easy to remember and quick to dial to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. At its July open meeting ...

It's a lesson you learn as early as grade school: If you find yourself injured, threatened or otherwise in harm's way, just break out your phone and dial a simple, three-digit number: 911. After more ...

New area code, who dis? The Big Apple is getting a new area code after a state board Thursday approved a long-gestating request by wireless companies for a fresh three-digit prefix to join existing ...