Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story First U.S. screwworm case in years confirmed in Maryland Federal officials in the U.S. have found the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite New World Screwworm connected to ongoing outbreaks in Central America.

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the Trump administration is trying to prevent the resurgence of an insect largely eradicated from livestock decades ago.

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling to El Salvador. It has been declared the first human case in the United States by the Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention.