Hepatitis C. Infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus for which there is no vaccine and which commonly becomes chronic. Now the most common cause of cirrhosis in the United States.PubMed Health Glossary. (Source: NIH-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and National Library of Medicine).nfectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus for which there is no vaccine and which commonly becomes chronic. Now the most common cause of cirrhosis in the United States. PubMed Health Glossary. (Source: NIH-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and National Library of Medicine).
In 1912, the cost to build the Titanic was $7.5 million. In today's economy, that is equivalent to a cost of $400 million. Construction of the Titanic began March 31, 1909.
Construction was headed by Harland Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland and the Titanic was designed to be a bigger and better version of her little sister called the Britannic. Titanic construction was funded by American industrialist J.P. Morgan and ended up being 882 feet, 9 inches long and 92 feet wide. The titanic had the capacity to carry 3,547 making it the largest passenger vessel of its time. The ship came complete with every luxury one would want from a cruise liner.