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The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday that it was putting forward a proposal to designate 988 as a "suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline."

FCC Approves Plan For 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Number Similar To 911

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously OK'd the proposal, which would allow callers in crisis to reach a national mental health support network simply by dialing 988.

FCC Approves Plan For 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Number Similar To 911

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously OK'd the proposal, which would allow callers in crisis to reach a national mental health support network simply by dialing 988.

Ten-year-old Nurzat (right) and his friends, brothers Abdulla (left), 11, and Muhammet (center), 10, look out the window of their dormitory room at a boarding school in Istanbul, Turkey. The boys are all missing their parents, who are believed to be in prison camps in China.

'Somewhere Like Home': Uighur Kids Find A Haven At Boarding School In Turkey

Their parents are missing back home in China, likely in prison or detention. "We want them to know they belong to a family that's much bigger than the one they have lost," the school's founder says.

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

San Diego Researchers Question Ethics Of Chinese Scientist Who Claims To Have Genetically Modified Babies

The scientist, He Jiankui, who claims to be the first to successfully genetically alter twins in China, said his work has been submitted to a scientific journal, but many in the scientific community have concerns about his process.

How Safe Is Your School's Reopening Plan? Here's What To Look For

As schools weigh the risks of reopening, many are making plans to lower the risks of coronavirus transmission. Here's how to vet your school's proposals.

Twitter says it's deploying new policies that the social network hopes keep pace with the state of influence operations and disinformation today.

Twitter Vows That As Disinformation Tactics Change, Its Policies Will Keep Pace

Twitter's new policy attempts to flag and provide greater context for content that the platform believes to have been "significantly and deceptively altered or fabricated."

How Safe Is Your School's Reopening Plan? Here's What To Look For

As schools weigh the risks of reopening, many are making plans to lower the risks of coronavirus transmission. Here's how to vet your school's proposals.

Viral particles are colorized purple in this color-enhanced transmission electron micrograph from a COVID-19 patient in the United States. Computer modeling can help epidemiologists predict how and where the illness will move next.

How Computer Modeling Of COVID-19's Spread Could Help Fight The Virus

As the world watches the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, epidemiologists are watching simulations of that outbreak on their computers to try to predict what might happen next.

A Biomedical Research facility on the UCSD School of Medicine campus is shown on May 1, 2019.

UCSD Doctor Resigns After inewsource Raised Questions About His China Business Ties

A renowned UCSD eye doctor who is part of a Chinese recruitment program under FBI scrutiny has resigned amid inewsource's questions about his foreign government affiliations and businesses.

Sherlock Holmes (left) is a literary character who turned out to be a fertile ground for inspiration beyond expectations. Despite author Arthur Conan Doyle's (right) determination to escape his "creature" and forge a wider literary work, he found himself trapped and overshadowed by the fictional detective who first appeared in the novel "A Study In Scarlet" published in 1887.

Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle

Airs Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

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