Dr. Brian Kirshon (L), an obstetrician who specializes in high-risk births at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, gives the latest condition on the seven surviving octuplets during a news conference December 29. The smallest of the octuplets, the girl Chijindu Chidera, died on December 27. Nkem Chukwu, 27, gave birth to the six girls and two boys earlier in the month. At right are Dr. Patti Savrick (C) and Dr. Leonard Weisman (R). aal/Photo by Adrees A.

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