In many parts of the US, it has long been possible to make local calls with just the seven-digit phone number; the three-digit area code was implicit for calls between numbers using the same area code ...

WASHINGTON - People in crisis and those trying to help them will have a new phone number — 988 — to reach the national suicide prevention network starting in July. On Monday, federal health officials ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — On July 16, West Virginians experiencing a suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress may call a new three-digit number – 988. The three-digit dialing code for the ...

Vermont will join the rest of the U.S. in launching 988 as an emergency phone number for mental health distress and crises. The number is scheduled to become active and accessible July 16. Photo ...