(Woonsocket, RI) -- CVS Health is announcing operating results for the first quarter of 2018. The company says it posted net revenues of 45-point-seven-billion dollars, representing a two-point-six-percent increase, with a net income of 998-million-dollars. CEO Larry Merlo says the results were solid and looking forward, the Aetna transaction, approved by shareholders of both companies in March, will provide CVS Health the means to further lower health care costs.