UPS and the USPS have long refused to handle shipments of live pathogens, and now FedEx has informed the CDC that it won't accept them any longer, either, which carries the potential for crippling research into potential bioterror agents.
However, as noted here earlier in the week, Oregon holds the distinction of having been host to the only documented case of bioterrorism to date in the USA. That was thanks to those lovely red-clad, bead-wearing Rajneeshies back in the day, who sought to control an upcoming election by poisoning some 750 of their neighbors at the time.