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.

The phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be cut to three digits — 988 — starting July 16, an important step in making mental health care more accessible but one that ...

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 ...

Scoot over, 411 and 911. Soon some California residents will be able to dial 211 and 511, too, for help. Starting in the next few weeks, they'll be able to call 511 in the Bay Area for answers to ...