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CVS-Aetna is official

CVS Health has officially absorbed Aetna. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

As expected, CVS Health today completed its acquisition of Aetna, now valued at $78 billion including Aetna's debt. The deal combines 9,800 pharmacies, 22 million health plan members, a giant pharmacy benefit manager, numerous medical clinics, health insurance technology and $75 billion of debt under one roof.

Go deeper: CVS is now one of the world's largest health care corporations, but don't expect big savings from this deal.

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Rebecca Falconer, Oriana Gonzalez
Updated 1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

Supreme Court rejects second GOP effort to cut absentee ballot deadline in N.C.

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The Supreme Court, for the second time in two days, rejected a GOP request to shorten the deadline mail-in ballots must be received by North Carolina officials to be counted.

The state of play: The state's deadline had been extended from 3 days to 9 days post-Election Day.

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The vaccine race turns toward nationalism

The coronavirus pandemic is worsening, both in the U.S. and abroad, with cases, hospitalizations and deaths all rising.

Axios Re:Cap digs into the state of global vaccine development — including why the U.S. and China seem to going at it alone — with medicinal chemist and biotech blogger Derek Lowe.

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Updated 2 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

  1. Health: Large coronavirus outbreaks leading to high death rates — Coronavirus cases are at an all-time high ahead of Election Day.
  2. Politics: Top HHS spokesperson pitched coronavirus ad campaign as "helping the president" — Space Force's No. 2 general tests positive for coronavirus.
  3. World: Taiwan reaches a record 200 days with no local coronavirus cases — Europe faces "stronger and deadlier" wave.
  4. Sports: Boston Marathon delayed — MLB to investigate Dodgers player who joined celebration after positive COVID test.
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