New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case.

Officials said the inhabitant of Rockland County is an adult who is unvaccinated.

But they made no mention of the patient's health.

One of the nation's most feared diseases in the past was polio.

Vaccines were made accessible in 1955, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the United States, polio was proclaimed eradicated in 1979, which meant that there was no longer a regular spread.

Children in the US are still frequently given the polio vaccine.

Rarely have visitors with polio infected the United States.