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A drug implant was prescribed for an active 8-year-old girl diagnosed with central precocious puberty. The price of one option was thousands of dollars less than the other.

Hormone Blocker Sticker Shock: Kids Drug Costs 8 Times More Than One For Adults

Two nearly identical drug implants have very different prices. The one for kids has a list price of $37,300. For adults, it's $4,400. A dad fought for his daughter to be able to get the cheaper drug.

Sherrod Brown (left) and Jon Husted (right) speak at separate U.S. Senate hearings.

Sen. Jon Husted will face Sherrod Brown in the race to keep his seat

With a campaign video and email early Monday morning, the former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced he will take on Senator Jon Husted next year.

Iraqi Parliament Votes To Expel U.S. Troops, Trump Threatens Sanctions

Amid the fallout of the U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed an Iranian general, the Iraqi parliament voted to oust U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. President Trump threatened Iraq with sanctions.

U.N. Security Council members meet about the suspected chemical attacks in Douma, Syria, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

Russia Vetoes U.S. Resolution On Syria In U.N. Security Council

Meanwhile, President Trump is weighing a possible military response. On Monday, he said "nothing is off the table" and has vowed to respond "forcefully."

At a Health and Human Services Shelter for migrant children in Chicago, John Muckian (right), a clinician, performs a psychological evaluation of a new arrival from Mexico.

Child Migrants in U.S. Alone Get Sheltered, Deported

A growing number of illegal immigrants in the United States are children who've come alone. The U.S. approach to these children is conflicted: Immigration officials still work to deport them, even as Health and Human Services operates a network of shelters to care for them.