ARAC and partners launch international project to study antibiotic resistance in Iceland. 

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The CRAU Standard:
Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use
 

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"5 Questions" with
Antibiotic Resistance Experts

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Video: Food Safety in Your Kitchen
Safe Handling of Meat & Poultry Products
 

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Our Specialities




Groundbreaking Research

We prioritize closing critical knowledge gaps regarding the public health impact of antibiotic overuse and misuse in people and animals so that all the major drivers of antibiotic resistance are properly addressed.



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Creative Communications

We disseminate information through a range of creative outlets with the aim of fostering an informed public that understands antibiotic resistance and calls for improved antibiotic use policies in people and animals.



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Smart Policy

We bring to bear expertise in policy analysis to foster collaboration among policymakers, industry leaders, and consumers to develop evidence-based policies that preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics. 



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Featured Projects




Consumer-Driven Healthcare

The main consumer-driven healthcare sectors in the U.S. include telemedicine, retail clinics, and urgent care. ARAC is working with key stakeholders in the urgent care sector, together with academic and governmental partners, to address challenges to improve antibiotic stewardship.



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Policy Roadmap

Antibiotic resistance experts from the fields of infectious disease medicine, veterinary medicine, microbiology, epidemiology and public health joined to craft a policy roadmap to help move the U.S. forward in addressing the contribution of livestock antibiotic use to the growing global threat of antibiotic resistance. 



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Chain Reaction V

Most top fast food chains in the US continue to sell beef produced with routine antibiotic use, earning them poor grades in the 5th annual Chain Reaction scorecard. This is a stark contrast to the stunning antibiotic success story that has unfolded across the chicken industry in the past decade, driven in large part by fast food companies.



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FEATURED NEWS

(January, 26, 2021, Washington, D.C.) Today, a coalition of animal welfare, consumer, public health, and environmental organizations called on grocery stores, restaurants and meat producers to reject the use of a misleading label scheme known as One Health CertifiedTM (OHC) and the standards behind it.

On January 5, our director Dr. Lance B. Price was featured in a segment on 60 Minutes discussing the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production and how this issue impacts human health. 

A new report by the United Nations and other international health organizations say the overuse of antimicrobial drugs in humans, animals and plants is fueling resistant pathogens that could kill 10 million people annually by 2050.