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In PEOPLE's new 'I Survived' series, Joe DiMeo reflected on the medical journey that led to his historic face and double hand ...
Face and hand transplants get an official national policy. July 1, 2014— -- There are now official rules that govern face and hand transplants, but that doesn’t mean having the words ...
Nation's first face transplant 01:33 . These so-called "reconstructive transplants" are experimental, and rare. The best estimates are that 27 hand transplants have been performed in the U.S ...
The first person to ever undergo a successful face and double hand transplant surgery has found love three years on from his miracle operation. Joe DiMeo, now 24, suffered third-degree burns to 80 ...
Joe DiMeo, 25, and Jessica Perez, 32, pictured together. The couple met in 2021, a year after DiMeo's groundbreaking double hand and face transplant.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly smacked a small child in the face after the boy refused to kiss his hand, shocking video shows. Erdoğan, 70, ...
Almost six months after a rare face and hands transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearning how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old New Jersey resident had the operation last August, two ...
How coronavirus price-gouging is hurting consumers 04:24. As fears over the coronavirus grow, retail stores are selling out of products like hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and face masks.And ...
A haunting “face” on Jupiter and a glowing, skeletal hand-shaped nebula are just a couple of creepy celestial features recently spotted by NASA missions.
A Branson man has been charged with assault after an Ozark police officer broke his hand punching the man in the face several times. Matthew Calhoun, 48, is facing the felony assault charge in ...
He brings his right hand up to his face, places his his index finger and thumb either side of his nose, then gives a quick, three-finger salute before running to the other end of the floor.